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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "vom/inspect.hpp"
+#include "vom/logger.hpp"
+#include "vom/om.hpp"
+
+namespace VOM {
+std::unique_ptr<std::map<std::string, inspect::command_handler*>>
+  inspect::m_cmd_handlers;
+
+std::unique_ptr<std::deque<std::pair<std::vector<std::string>, std::string>>>
+  inspect::m_help_handlers;
+
+void
+inspect::handle_input(const std::string& message, std::ostream& output)
+{
+  if (message.length()) {
+    if (message.find("help") != std::string::npos) {
+      output << "Command Options: " << std::endl;
+      output << "  keys              - Show all keys owning objects"
+             << std::endl;
+      output << "  key:XXX           - Show all object referenced by "
+                "key XXX"
+             << std::endl;
+      output << "  all               - Show All objects" << std::endl;
+      output << "Individual object_base Types:" << std::endl;
+
+      for (auto h : *m_help_handlers) {
+        output << "  {";
+
+        for (auto s : h.first) {
+          output << s << " ";
+        }
+        output << "} - \t";
+        output << h.second;
+        output << std::endl;
+      }
+    } else if (message.find("keys") != std::string::npos) {
+      OM::dump(output);
+    } else if (message.find("key") != std::string::npos) {
+      std::vector<std::string> results;
+      boost::split(results, message, boost::is_any_of(":\n"));
+
+      OM::dump(results[1], output);
+    } else if (message.find("all") != std::string::npos) {
+      /*
+ * get the unique set of handlers, then invoke each
+ */
+      std::set<command_handler*> hdlrs;
+      for (auto h : *m_cmd_handlers) {
+        hdlrs.insert(h.second);
+      }
+      for (auto h : hdlrs) {
+        h->show(output);
+      }
+    } else {
+      auto it = m_cmd_handlers->find(message);
+
+      if (it != m_cmd_handlers->end()) {
+        it->second->show(output);
+      } else {
+        output << "Unknown Command: " << message << std::endl;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void
+inspect::register_handler(const std::vector<std::string>& cmds,
+                          const std::string& help,
+                          command_handler* handler)
+{
+  if (!m_cmd_handlers) {
+    m_cmd_handlers.reset(new std::map<std::string, command_handler*>);
+    m_help_handlers.reset(
+      new std::deque<std::pair<std::vector<std::string>, std::string>>);
+  }
+
+  for (auto cmd : cmds) {
+    (*m_cmd_handlers)[cmd] = handler;
+  }
+  m_help_handlers->push_front(std::make_pair(cmds, help));
+}
+}
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "mozilla")
+ * End:
+ */