Config/management model framework initial version

This is the initial commit of the internal config
model tree for Voltha.

A system that borrows key concepts from Docker, repo,
and git for multi-revision configuration handling with
transaction (commit/abort) logic, tagging, and the
ability to diff between config versions.

Key features:
* Stored model is defined using *annotated* Google protobuf
  (*.proto) files
* Model is kept in memory as Python protobuf message objects
* The whole configuration is arranged in a nested (tree)
  structure, made up of ConfigNode objects. Each
  ConfigNode holds its config data as (possibly nested)
  protobuf message object, as well as lists of "pointers"
  to its logically nested children nodes. What message
  fields are considered part of the node-local config vs.
  what is stored as a child node is controlled by "child_node"
  annotations in the *.proto files.
* Each ConifgNode stores its config in immutable
  ConfigRevision obects, each revision being identified
  by a unique hash value, calculated from a unique
  hash value of its local configuration as well as
  the list of hash values of all its children node.
* Collection type children nodes can be indexed (keyed)
  so that they can be addressed with "path" notation
  friendly to REST and other interfaces/APIs. Which
  field is used as key is defined in the parent message
  using "key" attribute of the "child_node" annotation.
  Currently string and integer type fields can be used
  as keys.
* Changes to the model create new revisions in all
  affected nodes, which are rolled up as new revisions
  to the root node.
* Root revisions can be tagged, tags can be moved
* The root node by default keeps a rev, but provides
  a mechanism to purge untagged revs.
* All branch and leaf nodes auto-purge interim revs
  not needed. A rev is not needed if no one refers
  to it.
* Diffing between revs is supported, it yields RFC6902
  jsonpatch objects. Diffing can be done between any
  revs.
* The main operations are: CRUD (we call them .add,
  .get, .update, .remove)
* Get can be recursive to an optionally limited depth.
* There is support for Read-Only attributes (fields)
* All CRUD operation support "path" based addressing.
* There is support for an branch/leaf node perspective
  implemented by ConfigProxy. This proxy, when attached
  to an arbitrary node in the tree, provides all the
  CRUD operations in that context, that is, path args
  are used relative to that node.
* Transaction support: All mutations made in a transaction
  are invisible to others until the transaction is committed.
  The commit is atomic (either all changes are applied
  to the tree or none). Conflicts between transactions
  are detected at the per-node level and a conflict
  results in rejecting the conflicting transaction (first
  one wins).
* Registered callbacks: via the proxy objects an
  observer can register for pre- and post- operation
  callbacks. Also, there is a post-get callback which
  can be used to augment stored data with real-time
  data.

I started hooking up the new config infrastructure to
Voltha's CORE, but this is still in progress, as not
all existing APIs have bee moved over yet.

Note: I also lumped in some experimental files working
with "Any" types in protobufs

Change-Id: Ic547b36e9b893d54e6d9ce67bdfcb32a6e8acd4c
diff --git a/voltha/registry.py b/voltha/registry.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+"""
+Simple component registry to provide centralized access to any registered
+components.
+"""
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from zope.interface import Interface
+
+
+class IComponent(Interface):
+    """
+    A Voltha Component
+    """
+
+    def start():
+        """
+        Called once the componet is instantiated. Can be used for async
+        initialization.
+        :return: (None or Deferred)
+        """
+
+    def stop():
+        """
+        Called once before the component is unloaded. Can be used for async
+        cleanup operations.
+        :return: (None or Deferred)
+        """
+
+
+class Registry(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.components = OrderedDict()
+
+    def register(self, name, component):
+        assert IComponent.providedBy(component)
+        assert name not in self.components
+        self.components[name] = component
+
+    def unregister(self, name):
+        if name in self.components:
+            del self.components[name]
+
+    def __call__(self, name):
+        return self.components[name]
+
+    def iterate(self):
+        return self.components.values()
+
+
+# public shared registry
+registry = Registry()