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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 "vom/lldp_binding.hpp"
+#include "vom/cmd.hpp"
+
+namespace VOM {
+/**
+ * A DB of all LLDP configs
+ */
+singular_db<interface::key_type, lldp_binding> lldp_binding::m_db;
+
+lldp_binding::event_handler lldp_binding::m_evh;
+
+lldp_binding::lldp_binding(const interface& itf, const std::string& port_desc)
+  : m_itf(itf.singular())
+  , m_port_desc(port_desc)
+  , m_binding(0)
+{
+}
+
+lldp_binding::lldp_binding(const lldp_binding& o)
+  : m_itf(o.m_itf)
+  , m_port_desc(o.m_port_desc)
+  , m_binding(0)
+{
+}
+
+lldp_binding::~lldp_binding()
+{
+  sweep();
+
+  // not in the DB anymore.
+  m_db.release(m_itf->key(), this);
+}
+
+void
+lldp_binding::sweep()
+{
+  if (m_binding) {
+    HW::enqueue(new unbind_cmd(m_binding, m_itf->handle()));
+  }
+  HW::write();
+}
+
+void
+lldp_binding::dump(std::ostream& os)
+{
+  m_db.dump(os);
+}
+
+void
+lldp_binding::replay()
+{
+  if (m_binding) {
+    HW::enqueue(new bind_cmd(m_binding, m_itf->handle(), m_port_desc));
+  }
+}
+
+std::string
+lldp_binding::to_string() const
+{
+  std::ostringstream s;
+  s << "Lldp-binding: " << m_itf->to_string() << " port_desc:" << m_port_desc
+    << " " << m_binding.to_string();
+
+  return (s.str());
+}
+
+void
+lldp_binding::update(const lldp_binding& desired)
+{
+  /*
+ * the desired state is always that the interface should be created
+ */
+  if (!m_binding) {
+    HW::enqueue(new bind_cmd(m_binding, m_itf->handle(), m_port_desc));
+  }
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<lldp_binding>
+lldp_binding::find_or_add(const lldp_binding& temp)
+{
+  return (m_db.find_or_add(temp.m_itf->key(), temp));
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<lldp_binding>
+lldp_binding::singular() const
+{
+  return find_or_add(*this);
+}
+
+lldp_binding::event_handler::event_handler()
+{
+  OM::register_listener(this);
+  inspect::register_handler({ "lldp" }, "LLDP bindings", this);
+}
+
+void
+lldp_binding::event_handler::handle_replay()
+{
+  m_db.replay();
+}
+
+void
+lldp_binding::event_handler::handle_populate(const client_db::key_t& key)
+{
+  // FIXME
+}
+
+dependency_t
+lldp_binding::event_handler::order() const
+{
+  return (dependency_t::BINDING);
+}
+
+void
+lldp_binding::event_handler::show(std::ostream& os)
+{
+  m_db.dump(os);
+}
+}
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "mozilla")
+ * End:
+ */