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+package bdchain.api;
+
+import bdchain.api.grpc.*;
+import bdchain.api.grpc.TransactionLedgerGrpc.TransactionLedgerBlockingStub;
+import com.google.protobuf.Empty;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
+import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
+import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+// import bdchain.api.grpc.TransactionLedgerGrpc.TransactionLedgerStub;
+
+public class TransactionLedgerClient {
+
+  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(TransactionLedgerClient.class.getName());
+
+  private final ManagedChannel channel;
+  private final TransactionLedgerBlockingStub blockingStub;
+  //  private final TransactionLedgerStub asyncStub;
+
+  /** Construct client for accessing TransactionLedger server at {@code host:port}. */
+  public TransactionLedgerClient(String host, int port) {
+    this(ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress(host, port).usePlaintext());
+  }
+
+  /** Construct client for accessing TransactionLedger server using the existing channel. */
+  public TransactionLedgerClient(ManagedChannelBuilder<?> channelBuilder) {
+    channel = channelBuilder.build();
+    blockingStub = TransactionLedgerGrpc.newBlockingStub(channel);
+    //    asyncStub = TransactionLedgerGrpc.newStub(channel);
+  }
+
+  public void shutdown() throws InterruptedException {
+    channel.shutdown().awaitTermination(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+  }
+
+  public CreateLedgerResponse createLedger(String name) {
+
+    info("*** createLedger: name={0}", name);
+
+    CreateLedgerRequest request = CreateLedgerRequest.newBuilder().setName(name).build();
+
+    try {
+      return blockingStub.createLedger(request);
+    } catch (StatusRuntimeException e) {
+      warning("RPC failed: {0}", e.getStatus());
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public GetLedgersResponse getLedgers() {
+
+    info("*** getLedgers");
+
+    try {
+      return blockingStub.getLedgers(Empty.getDefaultInstance());
+    } catch (StatusRuntimeException e) {
+      warning("RPC failed: {0}", e.getStatus());
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public SendTransactionResponse sendTransaction(
+      String ledger, SendTransactionRequest.Transaction transaction) {
+
+    info("*** sendTransaction: ledger={0} transaction={1}", ledger, transaction);
+
+    SendTransactionRequest request =
+        SendTransactionRequest.newBuilder().setLedger(ledger).setTransaction(transaction).build();
+
+    try {
+      return blockingStub.sendTransaction(request);
+    } catch (StatusRuntimeException e) {
+      warning("RPC failed: {0}", e.getStatus());
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void info(String msg, Object... params) {
+    logger.log(Level.INFO, msg, params);
+  }
+
+  private void warning(String msg, Object... params) {
+    logger.log(Level.WARNING, msg, params);
+  }
+}