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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018- Cisco
+ *
+ * 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 ves;
+
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.*;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.AgentMain.EVEL_ERR_CODES;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelFault.EVEL_SEVERITIES;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelFault.EVEL_SOURCE_TYPES;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelFault.EVEL_VF_STATUSES;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelHeader.PRIORITIES;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelMobileFlow.MOBILE_GTP_PER_FLOW_METRICS;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelScalingMeasurement.MEASUREMENT_CPU_USE;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelScalingMeasurement.MEASUREMENT_VNIC_PERFORMANCE;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelStateChange.EVEL_ENTITY_STATE;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelThresholdCross.EVEL_ALERT_TYPE;
+import evel_javalibrary.att.com.EvelThresholdCross.EVEL_EVENT_ACTION;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import config.Config;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class VesAgent {
+
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("VesAgent");
+
+  public static void initVes() {
+    logger.info("Initializing VES Agent");
+    try {
+        AgentMain.evel_initialize("http://"+Config.getVesAddress(),
+                Integer.parseInt(Config.getVesPort()),
+                //  "http://1.2.3.4", 8080,
+                //"/vendor_event_listener","/example_vnf",
+                null,null,
+                "will",
+                "pill",
+                null, null, null,
+                //"/home/gokul/newwk/demo/vnfs/VES5.0/evel/sslcerts2/my-keystore.jks", "changeit", "changeit",
+                Level.TRACE);
+    } catch( Exception e ) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static boolean sendToVES(String json) {
+
+    EvelFault flt  = new EvelFault("Fault_VOLTHA_failed", "tbd_event_key_unique_to_source",
+            "NIC error", "Hardware failed",
+            EvelHeader.PRIORITIES.EVEL_PRIORITY_HIGH,
+            EVEL_SEVERITIES.EVEL_SEVERITY_MAJOR,
+            EVEL_SOURCE_TYPES.EVEL_SOURCE_CARD,
+            EVEL_VF_STATUSES.EVEL_VF_STATUS_ACTIVE);
+    flt.evel_fault_addl_info_add("voltha", json);
+    //flt.evel_fault_addl_info_add("nicsw", "fail");
+    flt.evel_fault_category_set("Communication");
+    logger.info("Sending fault event");
+    int code = AgentMain.evel_post_event_immediate(flt);
+    logger.info("Fault event http code received: " + code);
+    if(code == 0 || code >= HttpURLConnection.HTTP_BAD_REQUEST )
+    {
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+}