HONEYCOMB-94 Reimplement writer registry with better ordering options

Now the registry is flat and allows for full control of writer execution order

Change-Id: I864e1d676588ffe59b596145e0829e81b1a1ed2f
Signed-off-by: Maros Marsalek <mmarsale@cisco.com>

20 files changed, 1262 insertions, 649 deletions

diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/pom.xml b/v3po/translate-utils/pom.xml
index 86a11bdba..e4197cf0e 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
             <groupId>org.opendaylight.yangtools</groupId>
             <artifactId>yang-data-codec-gson</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jgrapht</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jgrapht-core</artifactId>
+            <version>0.9.2</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- Testing Dependencies -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/RWUtils.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/RWUtils.java
index b712e159c..55ae9ecf0 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/RWUtils.java
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/RWUtils.java
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.SubtreeManager;
 import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.read.ChildReader;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.ChildWriter;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collector;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.Augmentation;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.ChildOf;
@@ -79,18 +79,10 @@ public final class RWUtils {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
-    public static <T> List<ChildWriter<? extends ChildOf<T>>> emptyChildWriterList() {
-        return Collections.emptyList();
-    }
-
     public static <T> List<ChildReader<? extends Augmentation<T>>> emptyAugReaderList() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
-    public static <T> List<ChildWriter<? extends Augmentation<T>>> emptyAugWriterList() {
-        return Collections.emptyList();
-    }
-
     public static <T> List<ChildReader<? extends Augmentation<T>>> singletonAugReaderList(
         ChildReader<? extends Augmentation<T>> item) {
         return Collections.<ChildReader<? extends Augmentation<T>>>singletonList(item);
@@ -101,16 +93,6 @@ public final class RWUtils {
         return Collections.<ChildReader<? extends ChildOf<T>>>singletonList(item);
     }
 
-    public static <T> List<ChildWriter<? extends ChildOf<T>>> singletonChildWriterList(
-        ChildWriter<? extends ChildOf<T>> item) {
-        return Collections.<ChildWriter<? extends ChildOf<T>>>singletonList(item);
-    }
-
-    public static <T> List<ChildWriter<? extends Augmentation<T>>> singletonAugWriterList(
-        ChildWriter<? extends Augmentation<T>> item) {
-        return Collections.<ChildWriter<? extends Augmentation<T>>>singletonList(item);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Replace last item in ID with a provided IdentifiableItem of the same type
      */
@@ -197,4 +179,21 @@ public final class RWUtils {
         return (InstanceIdentifier<D>) InstanceIdentifier.create(Iterables.concat(
             parentId.getPathArguments(), Collections.singleton(t)));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Transform a keyed instance identifier into a wildcarded one.
+     */
+    public static InstanceIdentifier<?> makeIidWildcarded(final InstanceIdentifier<?> id) {
+        final List<InstanceIdentifier.PathArgument> transformedPathArguments =
+                StreamSupport.stream(id.getPathArguments().spliterator(), false)
+                        .map(RWUtils::cleanPathArgumentFromKeys)
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return InstanceIdentifier.create(transformedPathArguments);
+    }
+
+    private static InstanceIdentifier.PathArgument cleanPathArgumentFromKeys(final InstanceIdentifier.PathArgument pathArgument) {
+        return pathArgument instanceof InstanceIdentifier.IdentifiableItem<?, ?>
+                ? new InstanceIdentifier.Item<>(pathArgument.getType())
+                : pathArgument;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/CloseableWriterRegistry.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/CloseableWriterRegistry.java
deleted file mode 100644
index cd53a4f8b..000000000
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/CloseableWriterRegistry.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
- */
-
-package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write;
-
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.TranslationException;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteFailedException;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistry;
-import java.util.Map;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
-
-/**
- * WriterRegistry wrapper providing AutoCloseable interface.
- */
-public final class CloseableWriterRegistry implements WriterRegistry, AutoCloseable {
-    private final WriterRegistry writerRegistry;
-
-    public CloseableWriterRegistry( final WriterRegistry writerRegistry) {
-        this.writerRegistry = writerRegistry;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void update(
-            @Nonnull final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesBefore,
-            @Nonnull final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesAfter,
-            @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws TranslationException {
-        writerRegistry.update(nodesBefore, nodesAfter, ctx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void update(
-            @Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<? extends DataObject> id,
-            @Nullable final DataObject dataBefore, @Nullable final DataObject dataAfter,
-            @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws WriteFailedException {
-        writerRegistry.update(id, dataBefore, dataAfter, ctx);
-    }
-
-    @Nonnull
-    @Override
-    public InstanceIdentifier<DataObject> getManagedDataObjectType() {
-        return writerRegistry.getManagedDataObjectType();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void close() throws Exception {
-        // NOOP
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/DelegatingWriterRegistry.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/DelegatingWriterRegistry.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 061d3fa4a..000000000
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/DelegatingWriterRegistry.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,182 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
- */
-
-package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-
-import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.RWUtils;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteFailedException;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistry;
-import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-/**
- * Simple writer registry able to perform and aggregated write (ROOT write) on top of all provided writers. Also able to
- * delegate a specific write to one of the delegate writers.
- *
- * This could serve as a utility to hold & hide all available writers in upper layers.
- */
-public final class DelegatingWriterRegistry implements WriterRegistry {
-
-    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DelegatingWriterRegistry.class);
-
-    private final Map<Class<? extends DataObject>, Writer<? extends DataObject>> rootWriters;
-
-    /**
-     * Create new {@link DelegatingWriterRegistry}
-     *
-     * @param rootWriters List of delegate writers
-     */
-    public DelegatingWriterRegistry(@Nonnull final List<Writer<? extends DataObject>> rootWriters) {
-        this.rootWriters = RWUtils.uniqueLinkedIndex(checkNotNull(rootWriters), RWUtils.MANAGER_CLASS_FUNCTION);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException This getter is not supported for writer registry since it does not manage a
-     *                                       specific node type
-     */
-    @Nonnull
-    @Override
-    public InstanceIdentifier<DataObject> getManagedDataObjectType() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Root registry has no type");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void update(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<? extends DataObject> id,
-                       @Nullable final DataObject dataBefore,
-                       @Nullable final DataObject dataAfter,
-                       @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws WriteFailedException {
-        final InstanceIdentifier.PathArgument first = checkNotNull(
-                Iterables.getFirst(id.getPathArguments(), null), "Empty id");
-        final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer = rootWriters.get(first.getType());
-        checkNotNull(writer,
-                "Unable to write %s. Missing writer. Current writers for: %s", id, rootWriters.keySet());
-        writer.update(id, dataBefore, dataAfter, ctx);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void update(@Nonnull final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesBefore,
-                       @Nonnull final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesAfter,
-                       @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws WriteFailedException {
-
-        Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, InstanceIdentifier<?>> rootIdToNestedIds = HashMultimap.create();
-        try {
-            checkAllWritersPresent(nodesBefore, rootIdToNestedIds);
-            checkAllWritersPresent(nodesAfter, rootIdToNestedIds);
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            LOG.warn("Unable to process update", e);
-            throw e;
-        }
-
-        final List<InstanceIdentifier<?>> processedNodes = Lists.newArrayList();
-
-        for (Map.Entry<Class<? extends DataObject>, Writer<? extends DataObject>> rootWriterEntry : rootWriters
-                .entrySet()) {
-
-            final InstanceIdentifier<? extends DataObject> id = rootWriterEntry.getValue().getManagedDataObjectType();
-            // FIXME !! this is not ideal, we are not handling nested updates in expected order
-            // Root writers are invoked in order they were registered, but nested updates are not, since they are
-            // iterated here.
-            //
-            for (InstanceIdentifier<?> specificInstanceIdentifier : rootIdToNestedIds.get(id)) {
-                final DataObject dataBefore = nodesBefore.get(specificInstanceIdentifier);
-                final DataObject dataAfter = nodesAfter.get(specificInstanceIdentifier);
-
-                // No change to current writer
-                if (dataBefore == null && dataAfter == null) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                try {
-                    LOG.debug("ChangesProcessor.applyChanges() processing dataBefore={}, dataAfter={}", dataBefore, dataAfter);
-                    update(specificInstanceIdentifier, dataBefore, dataAfter, ctx);
-                    processedNodes.add(id);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    LOG.error("Error while processing data change of: {} (before={}, after={})", id, dataBefore, dataAfter, e);
-                    throw new BulkUpdateException(id, new ReverterImpl(this, processedNodes, nodesBefore, nodesAfter, ctx), e);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void checkAllWritersPresent(final @Nonnull Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesBefore,
-                                        final @Nonnull Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, InstanceIdentifier<?>> rootIdToNestedIds) {
-        for (final InstanceIdentifier<?> changeId : nodesBefore.keySet()) {
-            final InstanceIdentifier.PathArgument first = Iterables.getFirst(changeId.getPathArguments(), null);
-            checkNotNull(first, "Empty identifier detected");
-            final InstanceIdentifier<? extends DataObject> rootId = InstanceIdentifier.create(first.getType());
-            checkArgument(rootWriters.keySet().contains(first.getType()),
-                    "Unable to handle change. Missing dedicated writer for: %s", first.getType());
-            rootIdToNestedIds.put(rootId, changeId);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static final class ReverterImpl implements Reverter {
-        private final WriterRegistry delegatingWriterRegistry;
-        private final List<InstanceIdentifier<?>> processedNodes;
-        private final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesBefore;
-        private final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesAfter;
-        private final WriteContext ctx;
-
-        ReverterImpl(final WriterRegistry delegatingWriterRegistry,
-                            final List<InstanceIdentifier<?>> processedNodes,
-                            final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesBefore,
-                            final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> nodesAfter, final WriteContext ctx) {
-            this.delegatingWriterRegistry = delegatingWriterRegistry;
-            this.processedNodes = processedNodes;
-            this.nodesBefore = nodesBefore;
-            this.nodesAfter = nodesAfter;
-            this.ctx = ctx;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void revert() throws RevertFailedException {
-            final LinkedList<InstanceIdentifier<?>> notReverted = new LinkedList<>(processedNodes);
-
-            while (notReverted.size() > 0) {
-                final InstanceIdentifier<?> node = notReverted.peekLast();
-                LOG.debug("ChangesProcessor.revertChanges() processing node={}", node);
-
-                final DataObject dataBefore = nodesBefore.get(node);
-                final DataObject dataAfter = nodesAfter.get(node);
-
-                // revert a change by invoking writer with reordered arguments
-                try {
-                    delegatingWriterRegistry.update(node, dataAfter, dataBefore, ctx);
-                    notReverted.removeLast(); // change was successfully reverted
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    throw new RevertFailedException(notReverted, e);
-                }
-
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/NoopWriterCustomizer.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/NoopWriterCustomizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f9c9f53e..000000000
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/NoopWriterCustomizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
- */
-
-package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write;
-
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.spi.write.RootWriterCustomizer;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
-
-/**
- * Customizer not performing any changes on current level. Suitable for nodes that don't have any leaves and all of
- * its child nodes are managed by dedicated writers
- */
-public class NoopWriterCustomizer<D extends DataObject> implements RootWriterCustomizer<D> {
-
-    @Override
-    public void writeCurrentAttributes(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<D> id, @Nonnull final D dataAfter,
-                                       @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void updateCurrentAttributes(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<D> id, @Nonnull final D dataBefore,
-                                        @Nonnull final D dataAfter,
-                                        @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void deleteCurrentAttributes(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<D> id, @Nonnull final D dataBefore,
-                                        @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) {
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/NoopWriterRegistry.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/NoopWriterRegistry.java
index 866854212..236ad8917 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/NoopWriterRegistry.java
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/NoopWriterRegistry.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.TranslationException;
 import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
 import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteFailedException;
 import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistry;
-import java.util.Map;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
@@ -32,19 +31,11 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  * Empty registry that does not perform any changes. Can be used in data layer, if we want to disable passing data to
  * translation layer.
  */
-public class NoopWriterRegistry implements WriterRegistry {
+public class NoopWriterRegistry implements WriterRegistry, AutoCloseable {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NoopWriterRegistry.class);
 
     @Override
-    public void update(@Nonnull final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> dataBefore,
-                       @Nonnull final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> dataAfter, @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx)
-            throws TranslationException {
-        LOG.trace("NoopWriterRegistry.update dataBefore{}, dataAfter={], ctx={}", dataBefore, dataAfter, ctx);
-        // NOOP
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public void update(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<? extends DataObject> id,
                        @Nullable final DataObject dataBefore, @Nullable final DataObject dataAfter,
                        @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws WriteFailedException {
@@ -53,9 +44,20 @@ public class NoopWriterRegistry implements WriterRegistry {
         // NOOP
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void update(@Nonnull final DataObjectUpdates updates,
+                       @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws TranslationException {
+        // NOOP
+    }
+
     @Nonnull
     @Override
     public InstanceIdentifier<DataObject> getManagedDataObjectType() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Root registry has no type");
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Noop registry has no type");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws Exception {
+        // NOOP
     }
 }
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/ReflexiveAugmentWriterCustomizer.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/ReflexiveAugmentWriterCustomizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d29214b3..000000000
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/ReflexiveAugmentWriterCustomizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
- */
-
-package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.spi.write.ChildWriterCustomizer;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.Augmentable;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.Augmentation;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
-
-/**
- * Might be slow !
- */
-public class ReflexiveAugmentWriterCustomizer<C extends DataObject> extends NoopWriterCustomizer<C> implements
-    ChildWriterCustomizer<C> {
-
-    @Nonnull
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public Optional<C> extract(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<C> currentId, @Nonnull final DataObject parentData) {
-        checkArgument(parentData instanceof Augmentable<?>, "Not augmnatable parent object: %s", parentData);
-        final Class<C> currentType = currentId.getTargetType();
-        final Augmentation<?> augmentation = ((Augmentable) parentData).getAugmentation(currentType);
-        if(augmentation == null) {
-            return Optional.absent();
-        } else {
-            checkState(currentType.isAssignableFrom(augmentation.getClass()));
-            return Optional.of(currentType.cast(augmentation));
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/ReflexiveChildWriterCustomizer.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/ReflexiveChildWriterCustomizer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 79cdf62c3..000000000
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/ReflexiveChildWriterCustomizer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
- */
-
-package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.ReflectionUtils;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.spi.write.ChildWriterCustomizer;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
-
-/**
- * Might be slow !
- */
-public class ReflexiveChildWriterCustomizer<C extends DataObject> extends NoopWriterCustomizer<C> implements
-    ChildWriterCustomizer<C> {
-
-    @Nonnull
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public Optional<C> extract(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<C> currentId, @Nonnull final DataObject parentData) {
-        final Class<C> currentType = currentId.getTargetType();
-        final Optional<Method> method = ReflectionUtils.findMethodReflex(getParentType(currentId),
-            "get" + currentType.getSimpleName(), Collections.<Class<?>>emptyList(), currentType);
-
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(method.isPresent(), "Unable to get %s from %s", currentType, parentData);
-
-        try {
-            return method.isPresent()
-                ? Optional.fromNullable((C) method.get().invoke(parentData))
-                : Optional.absent();
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to get " + currentType + " from " + parentData, e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private Class<? extends DataObject> getParentType(final @Nonnull InstanceIdentifier<C> currentId) {
-        return Iterables.get(currentId.getPathArguments(), Iterables.size(currentId.getPathArguments()) - 2).getType();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistry.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistry.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79d8eb88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistry.java
@@ -0,0 +1,334 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
+ */
+
+package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.registry;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.TranslationException;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.RWUtils;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.DataObjectUpdate;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteFailedException;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistry;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Flat writer registry, delegating updates to writers in the order writers were submitted.
+ */
+@ThreadSafe
+final class FlatWriterRegistry implements WriterRegistry {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FlatWriterRegistry.class);
+
+    // All types handled by writers directly or as children
+    private final ImmutableSet<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledTypes;
+
+    private final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> writersOrderReversed;
+    private final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> writersOrder;
+    private final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> writers;
+
+    /**
+     * Create flat registry instance.
+     *
+     * @param writers immutable, ordered map of writers to use to process updates. Order of the writers has to be
+     *                one in which create and update operations should be handled. Deletes will be handled in reversed
+     *                order. All deletes are handled before handling all the updates.
+     */
+    FlatWriterRegistry(@Nonnull final ImmutableMap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> writers) {
+        this.writers = writers;
+        this.writersOrderReversed = Sets.newLinkedHashSet(Lists.reverse(Lists.newArrayList(writers.keySet())));
+        this.writersOrder = writers.keySet();
+        this.handledTypes = getAllHandledTypes(writers);
+    }
+
+    private static ImmutableSet<InstanceIdentifier<?>> getAllHandledTypes(
+            @Nonnull final ImmutableMap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> writers) {
+        final ImmutableSet.Builder<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledTypesBuilder = ImmutableSet.builder();
+        for (Map.Entry<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> writerEntry : writers.entrySet()) {
+            final InstanceIdentifier<?> writerType = writerEntry.getKey();
+            final Writer<?> writer = writerEntry.getValue();
+            handledTypesBuilder.add(writerType);
+            if (writer instanceof SubtreeWriter) {
+                handledTypesBuilder.addAll(((SubtreeWriter<?>) writer).getHandledChildTypes());
+            }
+        }
+        return handledTypesBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void update(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<? extends DataObject> id,
+                       @Nullable final DataObject dataBefore,
+                       @Nullable final DataObject dataAfter,
+                       @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws WriteFailedException {
+        singleUpdate(ImmutableMultimap.of(
+                RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(id), DataObjectUpdate.create(id, dataBefore, dataAfter)), ctx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void update(@Nonnull final DataObjectUpdates updates,
+                       @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws TranslationException {
+        if (updates.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Optimization
+        if (updates.containsOnlySingleType()) {
+            // First process delete
+            singleUpdate(updates.getDeletes(), ctx);
+            // Next is update
+            singleUpdate(updates.getUpdates(), ctx);
+        } else {
+            // First process deletes
+            bulkUpdate(updates.getDeletes(), ctx, true, writersOrderReversed);
+            // Next are updates
+            bulkUpdate(updates.getUpdates(), ctx, true, writersOrder);
+        }
+
+        LOG.debug("Update successful for types: {}", updates.getTypeIntersection());
+        LOG.trace("Update successful for: {}", updates);
+    }
+
+    private void singleUpdate(@Nonnull final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates,
+                              @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws WriteFailedException {
+        if (updates.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> singleType = updates.keySet().iterator().next();
+        LOG.debug("Performing single type update for: {}", singleType);
+        Collection<? extends DataObjectUpdate> singleTypeUpdates = updates.get(singleType);
+        Writer<?> writer = getWriter(singleType);
+
+        if (writer == null) {
+            // This node must be handled by a subtree writer, find it and call it or else fail
+            checkArgument(handledTypes.contains(singleType), "Unable to process update. Missing writers for: %s",
+                    singleType);
+            writer = getSubtreeWriterResponsible(singleType);
+            singleTypeUpdates = getParentDataObjectUpdate(ctx, updates, writer);
+        }
+
+        LOG.trace("Performing single type update with writer: {}", writer);
+        for (DataObjectUpdate singleUpdate : singleTypeUpdates) {
+            writer.update(singleUpdate.getId(), singleUpdate.getDataBefore(), singleUpdate.getDataAfter(), ctx);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Writer<?> getSubtreeWriterResponsible(final InstanceIdentifier<?> singleType) {
+        final Writer<?> writer;// This is slow ( minor TODO-perf )
+        writer = writers.values().stream()
+                .filter(w -> w instanceof SubtreeWriter)
+                .filter(w -> ((SubtreeWriter<?>) w).getHandledChildTypes().contains(singleType))
+                .findFirst()
+                .get();
+        return writer;
+    }
+
+    private Collection<DataObjectUpdate> getParentDataObjectUpdate(final WriteContext ctx,
+                                                                   final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates,
+                                                                   final Writer<?> writer) {
+        // Now read data for subtree reader root, but first keyed ID is needed and that ID can be cut from updates
+        InstanceIdentifier<?> firstAffectedChildId = ((SubtreeWriter<?>) writer).getHandledChildTypes().stream()
+                .filter(updates::containsKey)
+                .map(unkeyedId -> updates.get(unkeyedId))
+                .flatMap(doUpdates -> doUpdates.stream())
+                .map(DataObjectUpdate::getId)
+                .findFirst()
+                .get();
+
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> parentKeyedId =
+                RWUtils.cutId(firstAffectedChildId, writer.getManagedDataObjectType());
+
+        final Optional<? extends DataObject> parentBefore = ctx.readBefore(parentKeyedId);
+        final Optional<? extends DataObject> parentAfter = ctx.readAfter(parentKeyedId);
+        return Collections.singleton(
+                DataObjectUpdate.create(parentKeyedId, parentBefore.orNull(), parentAfter.orNull()));
+    }
+
+    private void bulkUpdate(@Nonnull final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates,
+                            @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx,
+                            final boolean attemptRevert,
+                            @Nonnull final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> writersOrder) throws BulkUpdateException {
+        if (updates.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        LOG.debug("Performing bulk update with revert attempt: {} for: {}", attemptRevert, updates.keySet());
+
+        // Check that all updates can be handled
+        checkAllTypesCanBeHandled(updates);
+
+        // Capture all changes successfully processed in case revert is needed
+        final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> processedNodes = new HashSet<>();
+
+        // Iterate over all writers and call update if there are any related updates
+        for (InstanceIdentifier<?> writerType : writersOrder) {
+            Collection<? extends DataObjectUpdate> writersData = updates.get(writerType);
+            final Writer<?> writer = getWriter(writerType);
+
+            if (writersData.isEmpty()) {
+                // If there are no data for current writer, but it is a SubtreeWriter and there are updates to
+                // its children, still invoke it with its root data
+                if (writer instanceof SubtreeWriter<?> && isAffected(((SubtreeWriter<?>) writer), updates)) {
+                    // Provide parent data for SubtreeWriter for further processing
+                    writersData = getParentDataObjectUpdate(ctx, updates, writer);
+                } else {
+                    // Skipping unaffected writer
+                    // Alternative to this would be modification sort according to the order of writers
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
+            LOG.debug("Performing update for: {}",  writerType);
+            LOG.trace("Performing update with writer: {}", writer);
+
+            for (DataObjectUpdate singleUpdate : writersData) {
+                try {
+                    writer.update(singleUpdate.getId(), singleUpdate.getDataBefore(), singleUpdate.getDataAfter(), ctx);
+                    processedNodes.add(singleUpdate.getId());
+                    LOG.trace("Update successful for type: {}", writerType);
+                    LOG.debug("Update successful for: {}", singleUpdate);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    LOG.error("Error while processing data change of: {} (updates={})", writerType, writersData, e);
+
+                    final Reverter reverter = attemptRevert
+                            ? new ReverterImpl(processedNodes, updates, writersOrder, ctx)
+                            : () -> {}; // NOOP reverter
+
+                    // Find out which changes left unprocessed
+                    final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> unprocessedChanges = updates.values().stream()
+                            .map(DataObjectUpdate::getId)
+                            .filter(id -> !processedNodes.contains(id))
+                            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+                    throw new BulkUpdateException(unprocessedChanges, reverter, e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void checkAllTypesCanBeHandled(
+            @Nonnull final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates) {
+        if (!handledTypes.containsAll(updates.keySet())) {
+            final Sets.SetView<InstanceIdentifier<?>> missingWriters = Sets.difference(updates.keySet(), handledTypes);
+            LOG.warn("Unable to process update. Missing writers for: {}", missingWriters);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to process update. Missing writers for: " + missingWriters);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether {@link SubtreeWriter} is affected by the updates.
+     *
+     * @return true if there are any updates to SubtreeWriter's child nodes (those marked by SubtreeWriter
+     *         as being taken care of)
+     * */
+    private static boolean isAffected(final SubtreeWriter<?> writer,
+                               final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates) {
+        return !Sets.intersection(writer.getHandledChildTypes(), updates.keySet()).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    private Writer<?> getWriter(@Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<?> singleType) {
+        final Writer<?> writer = writers.get(singleType);
+        checkNotNull(writer,
+                "Unable to write %s. Missing writer. Current writers for: %s", singleType, writers.keySet());
+        return writer;
+    }
+
+    @Nonnull
+    @Override
+    public InstanceIdentifier<DataObject> getManagedDataObjectType() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Registry has no managed type");
+    }
+
+    // FIXME unit test
+    private final class ReverterImpl implements Reverter {
+
+        private final Collection<InstanceIdentifier<?>> processedNodes;
+        private final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates;
+        private final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> revertDeleteOrder;
+        private final WriteContext ctx;
+
+        ReverterImpl(final Collection<InstanceIdentifier<?>> processedNodes,
+                     final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates,
+                     final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> writersOrderOriginal,
+                     final WriteContext ctx) {
+            this.processedNodes = processedNodes;
+            this.updates = updates;
+            // Use opposite ordering when executing revert
+            this.revertDeleteOrder =  writersOrderOriginal == FlatWriterRegistry.this.writersOrder
+                    ? FlatWriterRegistry.this.writersOrderReversed
+                    : FlatWriterRegistry.this.writersOrder;
+            this.ctx = ctx;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void revert() throws RevertFailedException {
+            Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updatesToRevert =
+                    filterAndRevertProcessed(updates, processedNodes);
+
+            LOG.info("Attempting revert for changes: {}", updatesToRevert);
+            try {
+                // Perform reversed bulk update without revert attempt
+                bulkUpdate(updatesToRevert, ctx, true, revertDeleteOrder);
+                LOG.info("Revert successful");
+            } catch (BulkUpdateException e) {
+                LOG.error("Revert failed", e);
+                throw new RevertFailedException(e.getFailedIds(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Create new updates map, but only keep already processed changes. Switching before and after data for each
+         * update.
+         */
+        private Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> filterAndRevertProcessed(
+                final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, ? extends DataObjectUpdate> updates,
+                final Collection<InstanceIdentifier<?>> processedNodes) {
+            final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> filtered = HashMultimap.create();
+            for (InstanceIdentifier<?> processedNode : processedNodes) {
+                final InstanceIdentifier<?> wildcardedIid = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(processedNode);
+                if (updates.containsKey(wildcardedIid)) {
+                    updates.get(wildcardedIid).stream()
+                            .filter(dataObjectUpdate -> processedNode.contains(dataObjectUpdate.getId()))
+                            .forEach(dataObjectUpdate -> filtered.put(processedNode, dataObjectUpdate.reverse()));
+                }
+            }
+            return filtered;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryBuilder.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5d218f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
+ */
+
+package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.registry;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.RWUtils;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.ModifiableWriterRegistry;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistryBuilder;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
+import org.jgrapht.experimental.dag.DirectedAcyclicGraph;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Builder for {@link FlatWriterRegistry} allowing users to specify inter-writer relationships.
+ */
+@NotThreadSafe
+public final class FlatWriterRegistryBuilder implements ModifiableWriterRegistry, WriterRegistryBuilder, AutoCloseable {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FlatWriterRegistryBuilder.class);
+
+    // Using directed acyclic graph to represent the ordering relationships between writers
+    private final DirectedAcyclicGraph<InstanceIdentifier<?>, WriterRelation>
+            writersRelations = new DirectedAcyclicGraph<>((sourceVertex, targetVertex) -> new WriterRelation());
+    private final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> writersMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    /**
+     * AddWriter without any special relationship to any other type.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addWriter(@Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer) {
+        // Make IID wildcarded just in case
+        // + the way InstanceIdentifier.create + equals work for Identifiable items is unexpected, meaning updates would
+        // not be matched to writers in registry
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> targetType = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(writer.getManagedDataObjectType());
+        checkWriterNotPresentYet(targetType);
+        writersRelations.addVertex(targetType);
+        writersMap.put(targetType, writer);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * AddWriter without any special relationship to any other type.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addSubtreeWriter(@Nonnull final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledChildren,
+                                                      @Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer) {
+        addWriter(SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(handledChildren, writer));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    private void checkWriterNotPresentYet(final InstanceIdentifier<?> targetType) {
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(!writersMap.containsKey(targetType),
+                "Writer for type: %s already present: %s", targetType, writersMap.get(targetType));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add writer with relationship: to be executed before writer handling relatedType.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addWriterBefore(@Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                     @Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<?> relatedType) {
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> targetType = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(writer.getManagedDataObjectType());
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> wildcardedRelatedType = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(relatedType);
+        checkWriterNotPresentYet(targetType);
+        writersRelations.addVertex(targetType);
+        writersRelations.addVertex(wildcardedRelatedType);
+        addEdge(targetType, wildcardedRelatedType);
+        writersMap.put(targetType, writer);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addSubtreeWriterBefore(@Nonnull final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledChildren,
+                                                            @Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                            @Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<?> relatedType) {
+        return addWriterBefore(SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(handledChildren, writer), relatedType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addWriterBefore(@Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                     @Nonnull final Collection<InstanceIdentifier<?>> relatedTypes) {
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> targetType = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(writer.getManagedDataObjectType());
+        checkWriterNotPresentYet(targetType);
+        writersRelations.addVertex(targetType);
+        relatedTypes.stream()
+                .map(RWUtils::makeIidWildcarded)
+                .forEach(writersRelations::addVertex);
+        relatedTypes.stream()
+                .map(RWUtils::makeIidWildcarded)
+                .forEach(type -> addEdge(targetType, type));
+        writersMap.put(targetType, writer);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addSubtreeWriterBefore(@Nonnull final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledChildren,
+                                                            @Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                            @Nonnull final Collection<InstanceIdentifier<?>> relatedTypes) {
+        return addWriterBefore(SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(handledChildren, writer), relatedTypes);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add writer with relationship: to be executed after writer handling relatedType.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addWriterAfter(@Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                    @Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<?> relatedType) {
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> targetType = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(writer.getManagedDataObjectType());
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> wildcardedRelatedType = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(relatedType);
+        checkWriterNotPresentYet(targetType);
+        writersRelations.addVertex(targetType);
+        writersRelations.addVertex(wildcardedRelatedType);
+        // set edge to indicate before relationship, just reversed
+        addEdge(wildcardedRelatedType, targetType);
+        writersMap.put(targetType, writer);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addSubtreeWriterAfter(@Nonnull final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledChildren,
+                                                           @Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                           @Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<?> relatedType) {
+        return addWriterAfter(SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(handledChildren, writer), relatedType);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addWriterAfter(@Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                    @Nonnull final Collection<InstanceIdentifier<?>> relatedTypes) {
+        final InstanceIdentifier<?> targetType = RWUtils.makeIidWildcarded(writer.getManagedDataObjectType());
+        checkWriterNotPresentYet(targetType);
+        writersRelations.addVertex(targetType);
+        relatedTypes.stream()
+                .map(RWUtils::makeIidWildcarded)
+                .forEach(writersRelations::addVertex);
+        // set edge to indicate before relationship, just reversed
+        relatedTypes.stream()
+                .map(RWUtils::makeIidWildcarded)
+                .forEach(type -> addEdge(type, targetType));
+        writersMap.put(targetType, writer);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistryBuilder addSubtreeWriterAfter(@Nonnull final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledChildren,
+                                                           @Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer,
+                                                           @Nonnull final Collection<InstanceIdentifier<?>> relatedTypes) {
+        return addWriterAfter(SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(handledChildren, writer), relatedTypes);
+    }
+
+
+    private void addEdge(final InstanceIdentifier<?> targetType,
+                         final InstanceIdentifier<?> relatedType) {
+        try {
+            writersRelations.addDagEdge(targetType, relatedType);
+        } catch (DirectedAcyclicGraph.CycleFoundException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
+                    "Unable to add writer with relation: %s -> %s. Loop detected", targetType, relatedType), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create FlatWriterRegistry with writers ordered according to submitted relationships.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public FlatWriterRegistry build() {
+        final ImmutableMap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> mappedWriters = getMappedWriters();
+        LOG.debug("Building writer registry with writers: {}",
+                mappedWriters.keySet().stream()
+                        .map(InstanceIdentifier::getTargetType)
+                        .map(Class::getSimpleName)
+                        .collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
+        LOG.trace("Building writer registry with writers: {}", mappedWriters);
+        return new FlatWriterRegistry(mappedWriters);
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    ImmutableMap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> getMappedWriters() {
+        final ImmutableMap.Builder<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> builder = ImmutableMap.builder();
+        // Iterate writer types according to their relationships from graph
+        writersRelations.iterator()
+                .forEachRemaining(writerType -> {
+                    // There might be types stored just for relationship sake, no real writer, ignoring those
+                    if (writersMap.containsKey(writerType)) {
+                        builder.put(writerType, writersMap.get(writerType));
+                    }
+                });
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws Exception {
+        writersMap.clear();
+        writersRelations.removeAllEdges(writersRelations.edgeSet());
+        writersRelations.removeAllVertices(writersRelations.vertexSet());
+    }
+
+    // Represents edges in graph
+    private static final class WriterRelation {}
+}
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/SubtreeWriter.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/SubtreeWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e395b29da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/SubtreeWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
+ */
+
+package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.registry;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteFailedException;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+
+/**
+ * Simple writer delegate for subtree writers (writers handling also children nodes) providing a list of all the
+ * children nodes being handled.
+ */
+final class SubtreeWriter<D extends DataObject> implements Writer<D> {
+
+    private final Writer<D> delegate;
+    private final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledChildTypes = new HashSet<>();
+
+    private SubtreeWriter(final Writer<D> delegate, Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledTypes) {
+        this.delegate = delegate;
+        for (InstanceIdentifier<?> handledType : handledTypes) {
+            // Iid has to start with writer's handled root type
+            checkArgument(delegate.getManagedDataObjectType().getTargetType().equals(
+                    handledType.getPathArguments().iterator().next().getType()),
+                    "Handled node from subtree has to be identified by an instance identifier starting from: %s."
+                    + "Instance identifier was: %s", getManagedDataObjectType().getTargetType(), handledType);
+            checkArgument(Iterables.size(handledType.getPathArguments()) > 1,
+                    "Handled node from subtree identifier too short: %s", handledType);
+            handledChildTypes.add(InstanceIdentifier.create(Iterables.concat(
+                    getManagedDataObjectType().getPathArguments(), Iterables.skip(handledType.getPathArguments(), 1))));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return set of types also handled by this writer. All of the types are children of the type managed by this
+     * writer excluding the type of this writer.
+     */
+    Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> getHandledChildTypes() {
+        return handledChildTypes;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void update(
+            @Nonnull final InstanceIdentifier<? extends DataObject> id,
+            @Nullable final DataObject dataBefore,
+            @Nullable final DataObject dataAfter, @Nonnull final WriteContext ctx) throws WriteFailedException {
+        delegate.update(id, dataBefore, dataAfter, ctx);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Nonnull
+    public InstanceIdentifier<D> getManagedDataObjectType() {
+        return delegate.getManagedDataObjectType();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap a writer as a subtree writer.
+     */
+    static Writer<?> createForWriter(@Nonnull final Set<InstanceIdentifier<?>> handledChildren,
+                                     @Nonnull final Writer<? extends DataObject> writer) {
+        return new SubtreeWriter<>(writer, handledChildren);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModule.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModule.java
index 0eb5062d5..fccd6b1c2 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModule.java
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModule.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public class DelegatingReaderRegistryModule extends org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1
         return new CloseableReaderRegistry(new DelegatingReaderRegistry(rootReadersDependency));
     }
 
+
+
     // TODO move to translate-utils
     private static final class CloseableReaderRegistry implements ReaderRegistry, AutoCloseable {
         private final DelegatingReaderRegistry delegatingReaderRegistry;
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModuleFactory.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModuleFactory.java
index 214ab0f90..24d6c50b8 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModuleFactory.java
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingReaderRegistryModuleFactory.java
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 * Do not modify this file unless it is present under src/main directory
 */
 package org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.honeycomb.params.xml.ns.yang.translate.utils.rev160406;
+
+import org.opendaylight.controller.config.api.DynamicMBeanWithInstance;
+
 public class DelegatingReaderRegistryModuleFactory extends org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.honeycomb.params.xml.ns.yang.translate.utils.rev160406.AbstractDelegatingReaderRegistryModuleFactory {
 
+    @Override
+    public DelegatingReaderRegistryModule handleChangedClass(final DynamicMBeanWithInstance old) throws Exception {
+        return super.handleChangedClass(old);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingWriterRegistryModule.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingWriterRegistryModule.java
index 0266ca900..7eadde80e 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingWriterRegistryModule.java
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/DelegatingWriterRegistryModule.java
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 package org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.honeycomb.params.xml.ns.yang.translate.utils.rev160406;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.CloseableWriterRegistry;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.DelegatingWriterRegistry;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
-import java.util.List;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.registry.FlatWriterRegistryBuilder;
 
 public class DelegatingWriterRegistryModule extends org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.honeycomb.params.xml.ns.yang.translate.utils.rev160406.AbstractDelegatingWriterRegistryModule {
     public DelegatingWriterRegistryModule(org.opendaylight.controller.config.api.ModuleIdentifier identifier, org.opendaylight.controller.config.api.DependencyResolver dependencyResolver) {
@@ -24,16 +18,9 @@ public class DelegatingWriterRegistryModule extends org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1
 
     @Override
     public java.lang.AutoCloseable createInstance() {
-        final List<Writer<? extends DataObject>> rootReadersDependency = Lists.transform(getRootWritersDependency(),
-            new Function<Writer, Writer<? extends DataObject>>() {
-
-                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-                @Override
-                public Writer<? extends DataObject> apply(final Writer input) {
-                    return input;
-                }
-            });
-        return new CloseableWriterRegistry(new DelegatingWriterRegistry(rootReadersDependency));
+        final FlatWriterRegistryBuilder flatWriterRegistryBuilder = new FlatWriterRegistryBuilder();
+        getWriterFactoryDependency().forEach(writerFactory -> writerFactory.init(flatWriterRegistryBuilder));
+        return flatWriterRegistryBuilder;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/NoopWriterRegistryModule.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/NoopWriterRegistryModule.java
index 16c8af359..fedd069f1 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/NoopWriterRegistryModule.java
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/yang/gen/v1/urn/honeycomb/params/xml/ns/yang/translate/utils/rev160406/NoopWriterRegistryModule.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.honeycomb.params.xml.ns.yang.translate.utils.rev160406;
 
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.*;
 import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.NoopWriterRegistry;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistry;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistryBuilder;
 
 public class NoopWriterRegistryModule extends org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.honeycomb.params.xml.ns.yang.translate.utils.rev160406.AbstractNoopWriterRegistryModule {
     public NoopWriterRegistryModule(org.opendaylight.controller.config.api.ModuleIdentifier identifier, org.opendaylight.controller.config.api.DependencyResolver dependencyResolver) {
@@ -19,7 +20,19 @@ public class NoopWriterRegistryModule extends org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.h
 
     @Override
     public java.lang.AutoCloseable createInstance() {
-        return new CloseableWriterRegistry(new NoopWriterRegistry());
+        return new NoopWriterRegistryBuilder();
     }
 
+    private static final class NoopWriterRegistryBuilder implements AutoCloseable, WriterRegistryBuilder {
+
+        @Override
+        public WriterRegistry build() {
+            return new NoopWriterRegistry();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() throws Exception {
+            // Noop
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/yang/translate-utils.yang b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/yang/translate-utils.yang
index 1219648c3..2c00bb548 100644
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/yang/translate-utils.yang
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/main/yang/translate-utils.yang
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module translate-utils {
     identity delegating-writer-registry {
         base config:module-type;
         config:provided-service tapi:honeycomb-writer-registry;
+        config:provided-service tapi:honeycomb-writer-registry-builder;
         config:java-name-prefix DelegatingWriterRegistry;
     }
 
@@ -47,11 +48,11 @@ module translate-utils {
         case delegating-writer-registry {
             when "/config:modules/config:module/config:type = 'delegating-writer-registry'";
 
-                list root-writers {
+                list writer-factory {
                     uses config:service-ref {
                         refine type {
                             mandatory true;
-                            config:required-identity tapi:honeycomb-writer;
+                            config:required-identity tapi:honeycomb-writer-factory;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -59,15 +60,15 @@ module translate-utils {
         }
     }
 
-    identity noop-writer-registry {
+    identity noop-writer-registry-builder {
         base config:module-type;
-        config:provided-service tapi:honeycomb-writer-registry;
+        config:provided-service tapi:honeycomb-writer-registry-builder;
         config:java-name-prefix NoopWriterRegistry;
     }
 
     augment "/config:modules/config:module/config:configuration" {
-        case noop-writer-registry {
-            when "/config:modules/config:module/config:type = 'noop-writer-registry'";
+        case noop-writer-registry-builder {
+            when "/config:modules/config:module/config:type = 'noop-writer-registry-builder'";
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/impl/write/util/DelegatingWriterRegistryTest.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/impl/write/util/DelegatingWriterRegistryTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f51e49db5..000000000
--- a/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/impl/write/util/DelegatingWriterRegistryTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
- */
-
-package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.impl.write.util;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.DelegatingWriterRegistry;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteFailedException;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
-import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistry;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.mockito.Mockito;
-import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.ietf.params.xml.ns.yang.ietf.interfaces.rev140508.Interfaces;
-import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.opendaylight.params.xml.ns.yang.v3po.rev150105.Vpp;
-import org.opendaylight.yang.gen.v1.urn.opendaylight.params.xml.ns.yang.v3po.rev150105.VppState;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
-import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
-
-public class DelegatingWriterRegistryTest {
-
-    private final InstanceIdentifier<Vpp> vppId;
-    private final InstanceIdentifier<VppState> vppStateId;
-    private final InstanceIdentifier<Interfaces> interfaceId;
-
-    private WriteContext ctx;
-    private Writer<Vpp> writer;
-    private Writer<VppState> vppStateWriter;
-    private Writer<Interfaces> interfacesWriter;
-
-    private DelegatingWriterRegistry registry;
-
-    public DelegatingWriterRegistryTest() {
-        vppId = InstanceIdentifier.create(Vpp.class);
-        vppStateId = InstanceIdentifier.create(VppState.class);
-        interfaceId = InstanceIdentifier.create(Interfaces.class);
-    }
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private <D extends DataObject> Writer<D> mockWriter(Class<D> clazz) {
-        final Writer<D> mock = (Writer<D>) Mockito.mock(Writer.class);
-        doReturn(InstanceIdentifier.create(clazz)).when(mock).getManagedDataObjectType();
-        return mock;
-    }
-
-    private DataObject mockDataObject(final String name, final Class<? extends DataObject> classToMock) {
-        final DataObject dataBefore = mock(classToMock, name);
-        doReturn(classToMock).when(dataBefore).getImplementedInterface();
-        return dataBefore;
-    }
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private static Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> asMap(DataObject... objects) {
-        final Map<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObject> map = new HashMap<>();
-        for (DataObject object : objects) {
-            final Class<? extends DataObject> implementedInterface =
-                    (Class<? extends DataObject>) object.getImplementedInterface();
-            final InstanceIdentifier<?> id = InstanceIdentifier.create(implementedInterface);
-            map.put(id, object);
-        }
-        return map;
-    }
-
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
-        ctx = mock(WriteContext.class);
-        writer = mockWriter(Vpp.class);
-        vppStateWriter = mockWriter(VppState.class);
-        interfacesWriter = mockWriter(Interfaces.class);
-
-        final List<Writer<? extends DataObject>> writers = new ArrayList<>();
-        writers.add(writer);
-        writers.add(vppStateWriter);
-        writers.add(interfacesWriter);
-
-        registry = new DelegatingWriterRegistry(writers);
-    }
-
-    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
-    public void testGetManagedDataObjectType() {
-        registry.getManagedDataObjectType();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testBulkUpdateRevert() throws Exception {
-        // Prepare data changes:
-        final DataObject dataBefore1 = mockDataObject("Vpp before", Vpp.class);
-        final DataObject dataAfter1 = mockDataObject("Vpp after", Vpp.class);
-
-        final DataObject dataBefore2 = mockDataObject("VppState before", VppState.class);
-        final DataObject dataAfter2 = mockDataObject("VppState after", VppState.class);
-
-        // Fail on update
-        Mockito.doThrow(new WriteFailedException(InstanceIdentifier.create(Vpp.class), "vpp failed"))
-            .when(vppStateWriter).update(vppStateId, dataBefore2, dataAfter2, ctx);
-
-        // Run the test
-        try {
-            registry.update(asMap(dataBefore1, dataBefore2), asMap(dataAfter1, dataAfter2), ctx);
-        } catch (WriterRegistry.BulkUpdateException e) {
-            // Check second update failed
-            assertEquals(vppStateId, e.getFailedId());
-            verify(writer).update(vppId, dataBefore1, dataAfter1, ctx);
-            verify(vppStateWriter).update(vppStateId, dataBefore2, dataAfter2, ctx);
-
-            // Try to revert changes
-            e.revertChanges();
-
-            // Check revert was successful
-            verify(writer).update(vppId, dataAfter1, dataBefore1, ctx);
-            verify(vppStateWriter, never()).update(vppStateId, dataAfter2, dataBefore2, ctx);
-
-            return;
-        }
-        fail("BulkUpdateException expected");
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testBulkUpdateRevertFail() throws Exception {
-        // Prepare data changes:
-        final DataObject dataBefore1 = mockDataObject("Vpp before", Vpp.class);
-        final DataObject dataAfter1 = mockDataObject("Vpp after", Vpp.class);
-
-        final DataObject dataBefore2 = mockDataObject("VppState before", VppState.class);
-        final DataObject dataAfter2 = mockDataObject("VppState after", VppState.class);
-
-        final DataObject dataBefore3 = mockDataObject("Interfaces before", Interfaces.class);
-        final DataObject dataAfter3 = mockDataObject("Interfaces after", Interfaces.class);
-
-        // Fail on the third update
-        doThrow(new WriteFailedException(InstanceIdentifier.create(Vpp.class), "vpp failed")).when(interfacesWriter)
-                .update(interfaceId, dataBefore3, dataAfter3, ctx);
-
-        // Fail on the second revert
-        doThrow(new WriteFailedException(InstanceIdentifier.create(Vpp.class), "vpp failed")).when(writer)
-                .update(vppId, dataAfter1, dataBefore1, ctx);
-
-        // Run the test
-        try {
-            registry.update(asMap(dataBefore1, dataBefore2, dataBefore3), asMap(dataAfter1, dataAfter2, dataAfter3), ctx);
-        } catch (WriterRegistry.BulkUpdateException e) {
-            // Check third update failed
-            assertEquals(interfaceId, e.getFailedId());
-            verify(writer).update(vppId, dataBefore1, dataAfter1, ctx);
-            verify(vppStateWriter).update(vppStateId, dataBefore2, dataAfter2, ctx);
-            verify(interfacesWriter).update(interfaceId, dataBefore3, dataAfter3, ctx);
-
-            // Try to revert changes
-            try {
-                e.revertChanges();
-            } catch (WriterRegistry.Reverter.RevertFailedException e2) {
-                // Check second revert failed
-                assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(vppId), e2.getNotRevertedChanges());
-                verify(writer).update(vppId, dataAfter1, dataBefore1, ctx);
-                verify(vppStateWriter).update(vppStateId, dataAfter2, dataBefore2, ctx);
-                verify(interfacesWriter, never()).update(interfaceId, dataAfter3, dataBefore3, ctx);
-                return;
-            }
-            fail("WriterRegistry.Revert.RevertFailedException expected");
-        }
-        fail("BulkUpdateException expected");
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryBuilderTest.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryBuilderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec407b685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryBuilderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.registry;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.anyOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItems;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.ChildOf;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+
+public class FlatWriterRegistryBuilderTest {
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRelationsBefore() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistryBuilder flatWriterRegistryBuilder = new FlatWriterRegistryBuilder();
+        /*
+            1   ->  2   ->  3
+                        ->  4
+         */
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriter(mockWriter(DataObject3.class));
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriter(mockWriter(DataObject4.class));
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriterBefore(mockWriter(DataObject2.class),
+                Lists.newArrayList(DataObject3.IID, DataObject4.IID));
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriterBefore(mockWriter(DataObject1.class), DataObject2.IID);
+        final ImmutableMap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> mappedWriters =
+                flatWriterRegistryBuilder.getMappedWriters();
+
+        final ArrayList<InstanceIdentifier<?>> typesInList = Lists.newArrayList(mappedWriters.keySet());
+        assertEquals(DataObject1.IID, typesInList.get(0));
+        assertEquals(DataObject2.IID, typesInList.get(1));
+        assertThat(typesInList.get(2), anyOf(equalTo(DataObject3.IID), equalTo(DataObject4.IID)));
+        assertThat(typesInList.get(3), anyOf(equalTo(DataObject3.IID), equalTo(DataObject4.IID)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRelationsAfter() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistryBuilder flatWriterRegistryBuilder = new FlatWriterRegistryBuilder();
+        /*
+            1   ->  2   ->  3
+                        ->  4
+         */
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriter(mockWriter(DataObject1.class));
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriterAfter(mockWriter(DataObject2.class), DataObject1.IID);
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriterAfter(mockWriter(DataObject3.class), DataObject2.IID);
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriterAfter(mockWriter(DataObject4.class), DataObject2.IID);
+        final ImmutableMap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> mappedWriters =
+                flatWriterRegistryBuilder.getMappedWriters();
+
+        final List<InstanceIdentifier<?>> typesInList = Lists.newArrayList(mappedWriters.keySet());
+        assertEquals(DataObject1.IID, typesInList.get(0));
+        assertEquals(DataObject2.IID, typesInList.get(1));
+        assertThat(typesInList.get(2), anyOf(equalTo(DataObject3.IID), equalTo(DataObject4.IID)));
+        assertThat(typesInList.get(3), anyOf(equalTo(DataObject3.IID), equalTo(DataObject4.IID)));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void testRelationsLoop() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistryBuilder flatWriterRegistryBuilder = new FlatWriterRegistryBuilder();
+        /*
+            1   ->  2   ->  1
+         */
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriter(mockWriter(DataObject1.class));
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriterAfter(mockWriter(DataObject2.class), DataObject1.IID);
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriterAfter(mockWriter(DataObject1.class), DataObject2.IID);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void testAddWriterTwice() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistryBuilder flatWriterRegistryBuilder = new FlatWriterRegistryBuilder();
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriter(mockWriter(DataObject1.class));
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addWriter(mockWriter(DataObject1.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAddSubtreeWriter() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistryBuilder flatWriterRegistryBuilder = new FlatWriterRegistryBuilder();
+        flatWriterRegistryBuilder.addSubtreeWriter(
+                Sets.newHashSet(DataObject4.DataObject5.IID,
+                                DataObject4.DataObject5.IID),
+                mockWriter(DataObject4.class));
+        final ImmutableMap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, Writer<?>> mappedWriters =
+                flatWriterRegistryBuilder.getMappedWriters();
+        final ArrayList<InstanceIdentifier<?>> typesInList = Lists.newArrayList(mappedWriters.keySet());
+
+        assertEquals(DataObject4.IID, typesInList.get(0));
+        assertEquals(1, typesInList.size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateSubtreeWriter() throws Exception {
+        final Writer<?> forWriter = SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(Sets.newHashSet(
+                DataObject4.DataObject5.IID,
+                DataObject4.DataObject5.DataObject51.IID,
+                DataObject4.DataObject6.IID),
+                mockWriter(DataObject4.class));
+        assertThat(forWriter, instanceOf(SubtreeWriter.class));
+        assertThat(((SubtreeWriter<?>) forWriter).getHandledChildTypes().size(), is(3));
+        assertThat(((SubtreeWriter<?>) forWriter).getHandledChildTypes(), hasItems(DataObject4.DataObject5.IID,
+                DataObject4.DataObject6.IID, DataObject4.DataObject5.DataObject51.IID));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void testCreateInvalidSubtreeWriter() throws Exception {
+        SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(Sets.newHashSet(
+                InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject3.class).child(DataObject3.DataObject31.class)),
+                mockWriter(DataObject4.class));
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private Writer<? extends DataObject> mockWriter(final Class<? extends DataObject> doClass)
+            throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
+        final Writer mock = mock(Writer.class);
+        when(mock.getManagedDataObjectType()).thenReturn((InstanceIdentifier<?>) doClass.getDeclaredField("IID").get(null));
+        return mock;
+    }
+
+    private abstract static class DataObject1 implements DataObject {
+        static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+    }
+    private abstract static class DataObject2 implements DataObject {
+        static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject2> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject2.class);
+    }
+    private abstract static class DataObject3 implements DataObject {
+        static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject3> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject3.class);
+        private abstract static class DataObject31 implements DataObject, ChildOf<DataObject3> {
+            static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject31> IID = DataObject3.IID.child(DataObject31.class);
+        }
+    }
+    private abstract static class DataObject4 implements DataObject {
+        static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject4> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject4.class);
+        private abstract static class DataObject5 implements DataObject, ChildOf<DataObject4> {
+            static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject5> IID = DataObject4.IID.child(DataObject5.class);
+            private abstract static class DataObject51 implements DataObject, ChildOf<DataObject5> {
+                static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject51> IID = DataObject5.IID.child(DataObject51.class);
+            }
+        }
+        private abstract static class DataObject6 implements DataObject, ChildOf<DataObject4> {
+            static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject6> IID = DataObject4.IID.child(DataObject6.class);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryTest.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fb5779f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/FlatWriterRegistryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.registry;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItem;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.inOrder;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.DataObjectUpdate;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriteContext;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.WriterRegistry;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.InOrder;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+
+public class FlatWriterRegistryTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    private Writer<DataObject1> writer1;
+    @Mock
+    private Writer<DataObject2> writer2;
+    @Mock
+    private Writer<DataObject3> writer3;
+    @Mock
+    private WriteContext ctx;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+        when(writer1.getManagedDataObjectType()).thenReturn(DataObject1.IID);
+        when(writer2.getManagedDataObjectType()).thenReturn(DataObject2.IID);
+        when(writer3.getManagedDataObjectType()).thenReturn(DataObject3.IID);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSingleUpdate() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1));
+
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> iid = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 before = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 after = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        flatWriterRegistry.update(iid, before, after, ctx);
+
+        verify(writer1).update(iid, before, after, ctx);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleUpdatesForSingleWriter() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1, DataObject2.IID, writer2));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates = HashMultimap.create();
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> iid = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> iid2 = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 dataObject = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        updates.put(DataObject1.IID, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid, dataObject, dataObject));
+        updates.put(DataObject1.IID, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid2, dataObject, dataObject));
+        flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(updates, ImmutableMultimap.of()), ctx);
+
+        verify(writer1).update(iid, dataObject, dataObject, ctx);
+        verify(writer1).update(iid2, dataObject, dataObject, ctx);
+        // Invoked when registry is being created
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer1);
+        verifyZeroInteractions(writer2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleUpdatesForMultipleWriters() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1, DataObject2.IID, writer2));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates = HashMultimap.create();
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> iid = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 dataObject = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        updates.put(DataObject1.IID, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid, dataObject, dataObject));
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject2> iid2 = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject2.class);
+        final DataObject2 dataObject2 = mock(DataObject2.class);
+        updates.put(DataObject2.IID, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid2, dataObject2, dataObject2));
+        flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(updates, ImmutableMultimap.of()), ctx);
+
+        final InOrder inOrder = inOrder(writer1, writer2);
+        inOrder.verify(writer1).update(iid, dataObject, dataObject, ctx);
+        inOrder.verify(writer2).update(iid2, dataObject2, dataObject2, ctx);
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer1);
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleDeletesForMultipleWriters() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1, DataObject2.IID, writer2));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate.DataObjectDelete> deletes = HashMultimap.create();
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> iid = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 dataObject = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        deletes.put(DataObject1.IID, ((DataObjectUpdate.DataObjectDelete) DataObjectUpdate.create(iid, dataObject, null)));
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject2> iid2 = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject2.class);
+        final DataObject2 dataObject2 = mock(DataObject2.class);
+        deletes.put(DataObject2.IID, ((DataObjectUpdate.DataObjectDelete) DataObjectUpdate.create(iid2, dataObject2, null)));
+        flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(ImmutableMultimap.of(), deletes), ctx);
+
+        final InOrder inOrder = inOrder(writer1, writer2);
+        // Reversed order of invocation, first writer2 and then writer1
+        inOrder.verify(writer2).update(iid2, dataObject2, null, ctx);
+        inOrder.verify(writer1).update(iid, dataObject, null, ctx);
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer1);
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleUpdatesAndDeletesForMultipleWriters() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1, DataObject2.IID, writer2));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate.DataObjectDelete> deletes = HashMultimap.create();
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates = HashMultimap.create();
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> iid = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 dataObject = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        // Writer 1 delete
+        deletes.put(DataObject1.IID, ((DataObjectUpdate.DataObjectDelete) DataObjectUpdate.create(iid, dataObject, null)));
+        // Writer 1 update
+        updates.put(DataObject1.IID, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid, dataObject, dataObject));
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject2> iid2 = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject2.class);
+        final DataObject2 dataObject2 = mock(DataObject2.class);
+        // Writer 2 delete
+        deletes.put(DataObject2.IID, ((DataObjectUpdate.DataObjectDelete) DataObjectUpdate.create(iid2, dataObject2, null)));
+        // Writer 2 update
+        updates.put(DataObject2.IID, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid2, dataObject2, dataObject2));
+        flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(updates, deletes), ctx);
+
+        final InOrder inOrder = inOrder(writer1, writer2);
+        // Reversed order of invocation, first writer2 and then writer1 for deletes
+        inOrder.verify(writer2).update(iid2, dataObject2, null, ctx);
+        inOrder.verify(writer1).update(iid, dataObject, null, ctx);
+        // Then also updates are processed
+        inOrder.verify(writer1).update(iid, dataObject, dataObject, ctx);
+        inOrder.verify(writer2).update(iid2, dataObject2, dataObject2, ctx);
+
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer1);
+        verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer2);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void testMultipleUpdatesOneMissing() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates = HashMultimap.create();
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject1.class);
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject2.class);
+        flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(updates, ImmutableMultimap.of()), ctx);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleUpdatesOneFailing() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1, DataObject2.IID, writer2));
+
+        // Writer1 always fails
+        doThrow(new RuntimeException()).when(writer1)
+                .update(any(InstanceIdentifier.class), any(DataObject.class), any(DataObject.class), any(WriteContext.class));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates = HashMultimap.create();
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject1.class);
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject2.class);
+
+        try {
+            flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(updates, ImmutableMultimap.of()), ctx);
+            fail("Bulk update should have failed on writer1");
+        } catch (WriterRegistry.BulkUpdateException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getFailedIds().size(), is(2));
+            assertThat(e.getFailedIds(), hasItem(InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject2.class)));
+            assertThat(e.getFailedIds(), hasItem(InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleUpdatesOneFailingThenRevertWithSuccess() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(
+                        ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1, DataObject2.IID, writer2, DataObject3.IID, writer3));
+
+        // Writer1 always fails
+        doThrow(new RuntimeException()).when(writer3)
+                .update(any(InstanceIdentifier.class), any(DataObject.class), any(DataObject.class), any(WriteContext.class));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates = HashMultimap.create();
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject1.class);
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject3.class);
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject2> iid2 = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject2.class);
+        final DataObject2 before2 = mock(DataObject2.class);
+        final DataObject2 after2 = mock(DataObject2.class);
+        updates.put(DataObject2.IID, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid2, before2, after2));
+
+        try {
+            flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(updates, ImmutableMultimap.of()), ctx);
+            fail("Bulk update should have failed on writer1");
+        } catch (WriterRegistry.BulkUpdateException e) {
+            assertThat(e.getFailedIds().size(), is(1));
+
+            final InOrder inOrder = inOrder(writer1, writer2, writer3);
+            inOrder.verify(writer1)
+                .update(any(InstanceIdentifier.class), any(DataObject.class), any(DataObject.class), any(WriteContext.class));
+            inOrder.verify(writer2)
+                .update(iid2, before2, after2, ctx);
+            inOrder.verify(writer3)
+                .update(any(InstanceIdentifier.class), any(DataObject.class), any(DataObject.class), any(WriteContext.class));
+
+            e.revertChanges();
+            // Revert changes. Successful updates are iterated in reverse
+            inOrder.verify(writer2)
+                    .update(iid2, after2, before2, ctx);
+            inOrder.verify(writer1)
+                    .update(any(InstanceIdentifier.class), any(DataObject.class), any(DataObject.class), any(WriteContext.class));
+            verifyNoMoreInteractions(writer3);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultipleUpdatesOneFailingThenRevertWithFail() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(
+                        ImmutableMap.of(DataObject1.IID, writer1, DataObject2.IID, writer2, DataObject3.IID, writer3));
+
+        // Writer1 always fails
+        doThrow(new RuntimeException()).when(writer3)
+                .update(any(InstanceIdentifier.class), any(DataObject.class), any(DataObject.class), any(WriteContext.class));
+
+        final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates = HashMultimap.create();
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject1.class);
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject2.class);
+        addUpdate(updates, DataObject3.class);
+
+        try {
+            flatWriterRegistry.update(new WriterRegistry.DataObjectUpdates(updates, ImmutableMultimap.of()), ctx);
+            fail("Bulk update should have failed on writer1");
+        } catch (WriterRegistry.BulkUpdateException e) {
+            // Writer1 always fails from now
+            doThrow(new RuntimeException()).when(writer1)
+                    .update(any(InstanceIdentifier.class), any(DataObject.class), any(DataObject.class), any(WriteContext.class));
+            try {
+                e.revertChanges();
+            } catch (WriterRegistry.Reverter.RevertFailedException e1) {
+                assertThat(e1.getNotRevertedChanges().size(), is(1));
+                assertThat(e1.getNotRevertedChanges(), hasItem(InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class)));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private <D extends DataObject> void addUpdate(final Multimap<InstanceIdentifier<?>, DataObjectUpdate> updates,
+                           final Class<D> type) throws Exception {
+        final InstanceIdentifier<D> iid = (InstanceIdentifier<D>) type.getDeclaredField("IID").get(null);
+        updates.put(iid, DataObjectUpdate.create(iid, mock(type), mock(type)));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void testSingleUpdateMissingWriter() throws Exception {
+        final FlatWriterRegistry flatWriterRegistry =
+                new FlatWriterRegistry(ImmutableMap.of());
+
+        final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> iid = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 before = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        final DataObject1 after = mock(DataObject1.class);
+        flatWriterRegistry.update(iid, before, after, ctx);
+    }
+
+    private abstract static class DataObject1 implements DataObject {
+        static final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+    }
+    private abstract static class DataObject2 implements DataObject {
+        static final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject2> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject2.class);
+    }
+    private abstract static class DataObject3 implements DataObject {
+        static final InstanceIdentifier<DataObject3> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject3.class);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/SubtreeWriterTest.java b/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/SubtreeWriterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7dcadc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v3po/translate-utils/src/test/java/io/fd/honeycomb/v3po/translate/util/write/registry/SubtreeWriterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 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.
+ */
+
+package io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.util.write.registry;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItem;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import io.fd.honeycomb.v3po.translate.write.Writer;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.ChildOf;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.DataObject;
+import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.InstanceIdentifier;
+
+public class SubtreeWriterTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    Writer<DataObject1> writer;
+    @Mock
+    Writer<DataObject1.DataObject11> writer11;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+        when(writer.getManagedDataObjectType()).thenReturn(DataObject1.IID);
+        when(writer11.getManagedDataObjectType()).thenReturn(DataObject1.DataObject11.IID);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void testSubtreeWriterCreationFail() throws Exception {
+        // The subtree node identified by IID.c(DataObject.class) is not a child of writer.getManagedDataObjectType
+        SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(Collections.singleton(InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject.class)), writer);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void testSubtreeWriterCreationFailInvalidIid() throws Exception {
+        // The subtree node identified by IID.c(DataObject.class) is not a child of writer.getManagedDataObjectType
+        SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(Collections.singleton(DataObject1.IID), writer);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSubtreeWriterCreation() throws Exception {
+        final SubtreeWriter<?> forWriter = (SubtreeWriter<?>) SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(Sets.newHashSet(
+                DataObject1.DataObject11.IID,
+                DataObject1.DataObject11.DataObject111.IID,
+                DataObject1.DataObject12.IID),
+                writer);
+
+        assertEquals(writer.getManagedDataObjectType(), forWriter.getManagedDataObjectType());
+        assertEquals(3, forWriter.getHandledChildTypes().size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSubtreeWriterHandledTypes() throws Exception {
+        final SubtreeWriter<?> forWriter = (SubtreeWriter<?>) SubtreeWriter.createForWriter(Sets.newHashSet(
+                DataObject1.DataObject11.DataObject111.IID),
+                writer);
+
+        assertEquals(writer.getManagedDataObjectType(), forWriter.getManagedDataObjectType());
+        assertEquals(1, forWriter.getHandledChildTypes().size());
+        assertThat(forWriter.getHandledChildTypes(), hasItem(DataObject1.DataObject11.DataObject111.IID));
+    }
+
+    private abstract static class DataObject1 implements DataObject {
+        static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject1> IID = InstanceIdentifier.create(DataObject1.class);
+        private abstract static class DataObject11 implements DataObject, ChildOf<DataObject1> {
+            static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject11> IID = DataObject1.IID.child(DataObject11.class);
+            private abstract static class DataObject111 implements DataObject, ChildOf<DataObject11> {
+                static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject111> IID = DataObject11.IID.child(DataObject111.class);
+            }
+        }
+        private abstract static class DataObject12 implements DataObject, ChildOf<DataObject1> {
+            static InstanceIdentifier<DataObject12> IID = DataObject1.IID.child(DataObject12.class);
+        }
+    }
+}
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