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+package org.gcube.application.framework.core.util;
+
+
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.api.DiscoveryClient;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.queries.api.Query;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.queries.api.SimpleQuery;
+
+import static org.gcube.resources.discovery.icclient.ICFactory.*;
+
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.gcube.application.framework.core.cache.CachesManager;
+import org.gcube.application.framework.core.genericresources.model.ISGenericResource;
+import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.ASLSession;
+import org.gcube.application.framework.core.session.SessionManager;
+import org.gcube.common.resources.gcore.ServiceEndpoint;
+import org.gcube.common.scope.api.ScopeProvider;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.publisher.RegistryPublisher;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.publisher.RegistryPublisherFactory;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.publisher.ScopedPublisher;
+import org.gcube.resources.discovery.client.api.DiscoveryClient;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class RuntimeResource {
+	
+	/** The logger. */
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RuntimeResource.class);
+	
+	
+	protected static ScopedPublisher scopedPublisher = null;
+	protected static RegistryPublisher publisher = null;
+	protected static DiscoveryClient<ServiceEndpoint> client = null;
+	
+	/**
+	 * The D4Science session to be used
+	 */
+	ASLSession session;
+	
+	
+	public RuntimeResource(String extrenalSessionID, String username)
+	{
+		session = SessionManager.getInstance().getASLSession(extrenalSessionID, username);
+		try {
+			ScopeProvider.instance.set(session.getScope());
+			scopedPublisher = RegistryPublisherFactory.scopedPublisher(); 
+			publisher = RegistryPublisherFactory.create();	
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Exception:", e);
+		}
+		if(client == null)
+		{
+			try {
+				client = clientFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				logger.error("Exception:", e);
+				client = null;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	
+	public RuntimeResource(ASLSession session) {
+		super();
+		this.session = session;
+		try {
+			ScopeProvider.instance.set(session.getScope());
+			scopedPublisher = RegistryPublisherFactory.scopedPublisher(); 
+			publisher = RegistryPublisherFactory.create();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Exception:", e);
+		}
+		if(client == null)
+		{
+			try {
+				client = clientFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				logger.error("Exception:", e);
+				client = null;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * adds the RuntimeResource to the IS 
+	 * @param runtimeResource
+	 * @return the id of the newly created runtime resource.
+	 * @throws RemoteException
+	 */
+	public String createRuntimeResource(ServiceEndpoint runtimeResource) throws RemoteException {
+		try {
+			List<String> scopes=new ArrayList<String>();
+		    scopes.add(session.getScope());
+		    ServiceEndpoint se = scopedPublisher.create(runtimeResource, scopes);
+		    logger.info("Created Generic Resource with id: "+se.id()+" on scope: "+scopes.toString());
+		    return se.id();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Exception:", e);
+			throw new RemoteException();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * it replaces the runtime resource with this one 
+	 * @param runtimeResource
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public String updateRuntimeResource(ServiceEndpoint runtimeResource) throws RemoteException {
+		try {
+		    ServiceEndpoint se = scopedPublisher.update(runtimeResource);
+		    logger.info("Updated Generic Resource with id: "+runtimeResource.id()+"\tNew id : "+se.id());
+		    return se.id();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Exception:", e);
+			throw new RemoteException();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * it replaces the runtime resource with this one 
+	 * @param runtimeResource
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public String deleteRuntimeResource(ServiceEndpoint runtimeResource) throws RemoteException {
+		try {
+			List<String> scopes=new ArrayList<String>();
+		    scopes.add(session.getScope());
+		    ServiceEndpoint se = scopedPublisher.remove(runtimeResource,scopes);
+		    logger.info("Deleted Generic Resource with id: "+runtimeResource.id());
+		    return se.id();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Exception:", e);
+			throw new RemoteException();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public List<ServiceEndpoint> getRuntimeResourceByName(String name){
+		SimpleQuery query = queryFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		DiscoveryClient<ServiceEndpoint> client = clientFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		query.addCondition("$resource/Profile/Name eq '"+name+"'");
+		List<ServiceEndpoint> resources = client.submit(query);
+		return resources;
+	}
+	
+	public List<ServiceEndpoint> getRuntimeResourceById(String id){
+		SimpleQuery query = queryFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		DiscoveryClient<ServiceEndpoint> client = clientFor(ServiceEndpoint.class);
+		query.addCondition("$resource/ID eq '"+id+"'");
+		List<ServiceEndpoint> resources = client.submit(query);
+		return resources;
+	}
+	
+	
+
+	
+
+}