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+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* Copyright 2002-2017, OpenNebula Project, OpenNebula Systems                */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* 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.                                             */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#ifndef USER_PRIORITY_POLICY_H_
+#define USER_PRIORITY_POLICY_H_
+
+#include "SchedulerPolicy.h"
+#include "Scheduler.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+/**
+ * The UserPriority Scheduler prioritizes  PENDING and RESCHEDULER VMs according
+ * to a fixed priority. This priority can be set manually or by external program
+ * 
+ *
+ */
+class UserPriorityPolicy : public SchedulerPolicy
+{
+public:
+
+    UserPriorityPolicy(VirtualMachinePoolXML * _pool, float  w = 1.0):
+            SchedulerPolicy(w), vm_pool(_pool) {};
+
+    virtual ~UserPriorityPolicy(){};
+
+protected:
+    /**
+     *  Get the vector of matched resources for the Object being schedule
+     *    @param obj pointer to the object
+     *    @return a reference to the vector
+     */
+    const vector<Resource *> get_match_resources(ObjectXML *null)
+    {
+        return vm_pool->get_vm_resources();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  Implements the actual schedule by computing the priority of each
+     *  matching resource.
+     */
+    void policy(ObjectXML * null, vector<float>& priority)
+    {
+        float up;
+
+        const vector<Resource *> resources = get_match_resources(0);
+
+        priority.clear();
+
+        for (unsigned int i=0; i<resources.size(); up = 0.0, i++)
+        {
+            VirtualMachineXML * vm = vm_pool->get(resources[i]->oid);
+
+            if ( vm != 0 )
+            {
+                vm->xpath(up, "/VM/USER_TEMPLATE/USER_PRIORITY", (float) 0.0);
+            }
+
+            priority.push_back(up);
+        }
+    }
+
+private:
+    /**
+     *  Pool of matched resources
+     */
+    VirtualMachinePoolXML * vm_pool;
+};
+
+#endif /*USER_PRIORITY_POLICY_H_*/