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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.cordvtn;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipEvent;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipEventListener;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.LeadershipService;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.ConfigFactory;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigEvent;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigListener;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.basics.SubjectFactories;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import static org.onosproject.cordvtn.OvsdbNode.State.INIT;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Reads node information from the network config file and handles the config
+ * update events.
+ * Only a leader controller performs the node addition or deletion.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class CordVtnConfigManager {
+
+    protected final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected CoreService coreService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected NetworkConfigRegistry configRegistry;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected NetworkConfigService configService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected LeadershipService leadershipService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected ClusterService clusterService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected CordVtnService cordVtnService;
+
+    private final ConfigFactory configFactory =
+            new ConfigFactory(SubjectFactories.APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY, CordVtnConfig.class, "cordvtn") {
+                @Override
+                public CordVtnConfig createConfig() {
+                    return new CordVtnConfig();
+                }
+            };
+
+    private final LeadershipEventListener leadershipListener = new InternalLeadershipListener();
+    private final NetworkConfigListener configListener = new InternalConfigListener();
+
+    private NodeId local;
+    private ApplicationId appId;
+
+    @Activate
+    protected void active() {
+        local = clusterService.getLocalNode().id();
+        appId = coreService.getAppId(CordVtnService.CORDVTN_APP_ID);
+
+        configService.addListener(configListener);
+        configRegistry.registerConfigFactory(configFactory);
+
+        leadershipService.addListener(leadershipListener);
+        leadershipService.runForLeadership(CordVtnService.CORDVTN_APP_ID);
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    protected void deactivate() {
+        leadershipService.removeListener(leadershipListener);
+        leadershipService.withdraw(appId.name());
+
+        configRegistry.unregisterConfigFactory(configFactory);
+        configService.removeListener(configListener);
+    }
+
+    private void readConfiguration() {
+        CordVtnConfig config = configRegistry.getConfig(appId, CordVtnConfig.class);
+
+        if (config == null) {
+            log.warn("No configuration found");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        config.ovsdbNodes().forEach(node -> {
+            DefaultOvsdbNode ovsdbNode =
+                    new DefaultOvsdbNode(node.host(), node.ip(), node.port(), INIT);
+            cordVtnService.addNode(ovsdbNode);
+            log.info("Add new node {}", node.host());
+        });
+    }
+
+    private synchronized void processLeadershipChange(NodeId leader) {
+        if (leader == null || !leader.equals(local)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        readConfiguration();
+    }
+
+    private class InternalLeadershipListener implements LeadershipEventListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(LeadershipEvent event) {
+            if (event.subject().topic().equals(appId.name())) {
+                processLeadershipChange(event.subject().leader());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class InternalConfigListener implements NetworkConfigListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void event(NetworkConfigEvent event) {
+            // TODO handle update event
+        }
+    }
+}