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+// The /v1/operator/area endpoints are available only in Consul Enterprise and
+// interact with its network area subsystem. Network areas are used to link
+// together Consul servers in different Consul datacenters. With network areas,
+// Consul datacenters can be linked together in ways other than a fully-connected
+// mesh, as is required for Consul's WAN.
+package api
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Area defines a network area.
+type Area struct {
+	// ID is this identifier for an area (a UUID). This must be left empty
+	// when creating a new area.
+	ID string
+
+	// PeeerDatacenter is the peer Consul datacenter that will make up the
+	// other side of this network area. Network areas always involve a pair
+	// of datacenters: the datacenter where the area was created, and the
+	// peer datacenter. This is required
+	PeerDatacenter string
+
+	// RetryJoin specifies the address of Consul servers to join to, such as
+	// an IPs or hostnames with an optional port number. This is optional.
+	RetryJoin []string
+}
+
+// SerfMember is a generic structure for reporting information about members in
+// a Serf cluster. This is only used by the area endpoints right now, but this
+// could be expanded to other endpoints in the future.
+type SerfMember struct {
+	// ID is the node identifier (a UUID).
+	ID string
+
+	// Name is the node name.
+	Name string
+
+	// Addr has the IP address.
+	Addr net.IP
+
+	// Port is the RPC port.
+	Port uint16
+
+	// Datacenter is the DC name.
+	Datacenter string
+
+	// Role is "client", "server", or "unknown".
+	Role string
+
+	// Build has the version of the Consul agent.
+	Build string
+
+	// Protocol is the protocol of the Consul agent.
+	Protocol int
+
+	// Status is the Serf health status "none", "alive", "leaving", "left",
+	// or "failed".
+	Status string
+
+	// RTT is the estimated round trip time from the server handling the
+	// request to the this member. This will be negative if no RTT estimate
+	// is available.
+	RTT time.Duration
+}
+
+// AreaCreate will create a new network area. The ID in the given structure must
+// be empty and a generated ID will be returned on success.
+func (op *Operator) AreaCreate(area *Area, q *WriteOptions) (string, *WriteMeta, error) {
+	r := op.c.newRequest("POST", "/v1/operator/area")
+	r.setWriteOptions(q)
+	r.obj = area
+	rtt, resp, err := requireOK(op.c.doRequest(r))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	wm := &WriteMeta{}
+	wm.RequestTime = rtt
+
+	var out struct{ ID string }
+	if err := decodeBody(resp, &out); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	return out.ID, wm, nil
+}
+
+// AreaList returns all the available network areas.
+func (op *Operator) AreaList(q *QueryOptions) ([]*Area, *QueryMeta, error) {
+	var out []*Area
+	qm, err := op.c.query("/v1/operator/area", &out, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return out, qm, nil
+}
+
+// AreaDelete deletes the given network area.
+func (op *Operator) AreaDelete(areaID string, q *WriteOptions) (*WriteMeta, error) {
+	r := op.c.newRequest("DELETE", "/v1/operator/area/"+areaID)
+	r.setWriteOptions(q)
+	rtt, resp, err := requireOK(op.c.doRequest(r))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	wm := &WriteMeta{}
+	wm.RequestTime = rtt
+	return wm, nil
+}
+
+// AreaJoin attempts to join the given set of join addresses to the given
+// network area. See the Area structure for details about join addresses.
+func (op *Operator) AreaJoin(areaID string, join []string, q *WriteOptions) (*WriteMeta, error) {
+	r := op.c.newRequest("PUT", "/v1/operator/area/"+areaID+"/join")
+	r.setWriteOptions(q)
+	r.obj = join
+	rtt, resp, err := requireOK(op.c.doRequest(r))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	wm := &WriteMeta{}
+	wm.RequestTime = rtt
+	return wm, nil
+}
+
+// AreaMembers lists the Serf information about the members in the given area.
+func (op *Operator) AreaMembers(areaID string, q *QueryOptions) ([]*SerfMember, *QueryMeta, error) {
+	var out []*SerfMember
+	qm, err := op.c.query("/v1/operator/area/"+areaID+"/members", &out, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	return out, qm, nil
+}