[VOL-1024]  This update consists of:

1) Inter-container kafka library in Go
2) initial set of proto definitions
3) Test cases for the kafka library

Change-Id: Ibe8b0f673a90bbe4cb92847ce40f31ec2d0b6244
diff --git a/protos/logical_device.proto b/protos/logical_device.proto
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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+option go_package = "github.com/opencord/voltha-go/protos/voltha";
+
+package voltha;
+
+import "meta.proto";
+import "google/api/annotations.proto";
+import "openflow_13.proto";
+
+message LogicalPortId {
+    // unique id of logical device
+    string id = 1;
+
+    // id of the port on the logical device
+    string port_id = 2;
+}
+
+message LogicalPort {
+    string id = 1;
+    openflow_13.ofp_port ofp_port = 2;
+    string device_id = 3;
+    uint32 device_port_no = 4;
+    bool root_port = 5;
+}
+
+message LogicalPorts {
+    repeated LogicalPort items = 1;
+}
+
+message LogicalDevice {
+
+    // unique id of logical device
+    string id = 1;
+
+    // unique datapath id for the logical device (used by the SDN controller)
+    uint64 datapath_id = 2;
+
+    // device description
+    openflow_13.ofp_desc desc = 3;
+
+    // device features
+    openflow_13.ofp_switch_features switch_features = 4;
+
+    // name of the root device anchoring logical device
+    string root_device_id = 5;
+
+    // logical device ports
+    repeated LogicalPort ports = 128 [(child_node) = {key: "id"}];
+
+    // flows configured on the logical device
+    openflow_13.Flows flows = 129 [(child_node) = {}];
+
+    // flow groups configured on the logical device
+    openflow_13.FlowGroups flow_groups = 130 [(child_node) = {}];
+
+}
+
+message LogicalDevices {
+    repeated LogicalDevice items = 1;
+}