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+"""Common TopologyProviders"""
+
+from birdvisu import ospffile
+from birdvisu.maps_new import TopologyProvider, Router, Network, Link, Topology
+import subprocess
+import re
+
+class OspfDataTopologyProvider(TopologyProvider):
+	"""Common provider for parsing BIRD's OSPF data.
+
+	At the moment it can only process static data."""
+	def __init__(self, data: str):
+		parsed = ospffile.loads(data)
+		self.topology = Topology()
+		# Networks will need changed names, since 'network' directives do not
+		# feel trustworthy (I don't really understand them, but I think they
+		# depend on designated routers and interface numbers, changes of which
+		# should not cause us to think that is a different network)
+		self.network_renames = {}
+		# We only care for areas:
+		# TODO: Should we support global visualisation configuration?
+		for directive, details in parsed:
+			if directive.startswith('area'):
+				self.add_area((directive, details))
+	def add_area(self, ospf_area):
+		_area, topo = ospf_area	# Ignoring the area
+		for obj in topo:
+			directive, details = obj
+			if directive.startswith('router'):
+				self.add_router(obj)
+			elif directive.startswith('network'):
+				self.add_network(obj)
+		self.find_links()
+		# assert self.topology.is_valid()
+
+	def add_router(self, tree):
+		ident, details = tree
+		assert ident not in self.topology.routers
+		self.topology.routers[ident] = Router(
+			ident = ident,
+			links = [], # Will be filled by find_links
+			details = tree,
+			)
+		# Stubnets and external routes are only mentioned here, so add them now
+		for det in details:
+			n, _nd = det
+			if n.startswith(('stubnet', 'external')):
+				net_id = re.match(r'((stubnet|external) [^ ]+)', n).group(1)
+				if net_id not in self.topology.networks:
+					self.topology.networks[net_id] = Network(
+						ident = net_id,
+						links = [],
+						details = det,
+						)
+
+	def add_network(self, tree):
+		bird_name, details = tree
+		assert bird_name not in self.network_renames
+		details.append((bird_name, [])) # Keep old name for reference
+		ident_candidates = []
+		for d, dd in details:
+			if d.startswith('address'):
+				ident_candidates.append(d.replace('address', 'network'))
+		assert len(ident_candidates) > 0, "Network without address?"
+		ident = sorted(ident_candidates)[0]
+		self.network_renames[bird_name] = ident
+		assert ident not in self.topology.networks, "Multiple networks with same address?"
+		self.topology.networks[ident] = Network(
+			ident = ident,
+			links = [],
+			details = tree,
+			)
+
+	def find_links(self):
+		for r in self.topology.routers.values():
+			det = r.details[1]
+			for n, nd in det:
+				if n.startswith(('network', 'stubnet', 'external')):
+					net_id = re.match(r'((network|stubnet|external) [^ ]+)', n).group(1)
+					if net_id in self.network_renames:
+						net_id = self.network_renames[net_id]
+					metric = int(re.search(r'metric ([0-9]+)', n).group(1))
+					ident = (r.ident, net_id)
+					# I really hope that one router has at most one link to each network (incl. external)
+					assert ident not in self.topology.links
+					link = Link(
+						router = self.topology.routers[r.ident],
+						network = self.topology.networks[net_id],
+						metric = metric,
+						)
+					self.topology.links[ident] = link
+					link.router.links.append(link)
+					link.network.links.append(link)
+
+	def get_topology(self):
+		return self.topology
+
+class OspfFileTopologyProvider(TopologyProvider):
+	def __init__(self, ospf_file):
+		ospf_data = ospf_file.read()
+		self.ospfdataprovider = OspfDataTopologyProvider(ospf_data)
+	def get_topology(self):
+		return self.ospfdataprovider.get_topology()
+
+
+class RunningBirdTopologyProvider(TopologyProvider):
+	def __init__(self):
+		self.load_topology()
+	
+	def load_topology(self):
+		bird = subprocess.Popen(['birdcl', 'show', 'ospf', 'state'],
+			stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+			# Probably not needed, but will work and is tested from interactive python shell
+			stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+			text=True)
+		stdout, stderr = bird.communicate()
+		if bird.returncode != 0 or stderr != '':
+			raise RuntimeError(f'BIRD failed: returncode={bird.returncode}, stderr={stderr}')
+		# FIXME: this probably causes memory leaks, since TopologyCombiner will
+		# keep complete history from all runs that have been processed. This
+		# needs to be solved at TopologyCombiner level or above, since we need
+		# to be able to remove old data from the topology.
+		self.topology = OspfDataTopologyProvider(stdout).get_topology()
+
+	def get_topology(self):
+		return self.topology