diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/handlers.go b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/handlers.go
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+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/handlers.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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 util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/framework"
+	pkg_runtime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+)
+
+// Returns framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs that trigger the given function
+// on all object changes. Preproc perprocessing function is executed before each trigger and chec.
+func NewTriggerOnAllChangesPreproc(triggerFunc func(pkg_runtime.Object), preproc func(obj pkg_runtime.Object)) *framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs {
+	return &framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+		DeleteFunc: func(old interface{}) {
+			oldObj := old.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			preproc(oldObj)
+			triggerFunc(oldObj)
+		},
+		AddFunc: func(cur interface{}) {
+			curObj := cur.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			preproc(curObj)
+			triggerFunc(curObj)
+		},
+		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) {
+			curObj := cur.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			oldObj := cur.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			preproc(curObj)
+			preproc(oldObj)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(old, cur) {
+				triggerFunc(curObj)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func NewTriggerOnAllChanges(triggerFunc func(pkg_runtime.Object)) *framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs {
+	return NewTriggerOnAllChangesPreproc(triggerFunc, func(obj pkg_runtime.Object) {})
+}
+
+// Returns framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs that trigger the given function
+// on object add and delete as well as spec/object meta on update. Preproc preprocessing is executed
+// before each trigger and check.
+func NewTriggerOnMetaAndSpecChangesPreproc(triggerFunc func(pkg_runtime.Object), preproc func(obj pkg_runtime.Object)) *framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs {
+	getFieldOrPanic := func(obj interface{}, fieldName string) interface{} {
+		val := reflect.ValueOf(obj).Elem().FieldByName(fieldName)
+		if val.IsValid() {
+			return val.Interface()
+		} else {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("field not found: %s", fieldName))
+		}
+	}
+	return &framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+		DeleteFunc: func(old interface{}) {
+			oldObj := old.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			preproc(oldObj)
+			triggerFunc(oldObj)
+		},
+		AddFunc: func(cur interface{}) {
+			curObj := cur.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			preproc(curObj)
+			triggerFunc(curObj)
+		},
+		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) {
+			curObj := cur.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			oldObj := cur.(pkg_runtime.Object)
+			preproc(curObj)
+			preproc(oldObj)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(getFieldOrPanic(old, "ObjectMeta"), getFieldOrPanic(cur, "ObjectMeta")) ||
+				!reflect.DeepEqual(getFieldOrPanic(old, "Spec"), getFieldOrPanic(cur, "Spec")) {
+				triggerFunc(curObj)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func TriggerOnMetaAndSpecChanges(triggerFunc func(pkg_runtime.Object)) *framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs {
+	return NewTriggerOnAllChangesPreproc(triggerFunc, func(obj pkg_runtime.Object) {})
+}
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/handlers_test.go b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/handlers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0add2f1828f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/handlers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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 util
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	api_v1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	pkg_runtime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestHandlers(t *testing.T) {
+	// There is a single service ns1/s1 in cluster mycluster.
+	service := api_v1.Service{
+		ObjectMeta: api_v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: "ns1",
+			Name:      "s1",
+		},
+	}
+	service2 := api_v1.Service{
+		ObjectMeta: api_v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: "ns1",
+			Name:      "s1",
+			Annotations: map[string]string{
+				"A": "B",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	triggerChan := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	triggered := func() bool {
+		select {
+		case <-triggerChan:
+			return true
+		default:
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	trigger := NewTriggerOnAllChangesPreproc(
+		func(obj pkg_runtime.Object) {
+			triggerChan <- struct{}{}
+		},
+		func(obj pkg_runtime.Object) {
+			SetClusterName(obj, "mycluster")
+		})
+
+	trigger.OnAdd(&service)
+	assert.True(t, triggered())
+	name, err := GetClusterName(&service)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "mycluster", name)
+	trigger.OnDelete(&service)
+	assert.True(t, triggered())
+	trigger.OnUpdate(&service, &service)
+	assert.False(t, triggered())
+	trigger.OnUpdate(&service, &service2)
+	assert.True(t, triggered())
+
+	trigger2 := NewTriggerOnMetaAndSpecChangesPreproc(
+		func(obj pkg_runtime.Object) {
+			triggerChan <- struct{}{}
+		},
+		func(obj pkg_runtime.Object) {
+			SetClusterName(obj, "mycluster")
+		})
+
+	service.Annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	trigger2.OnAdd(&service)
+	assert.True(t, triggered())
+	name, err = GetClusterName(&service)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "mycluster", name)
+	trigger2.OnDelete(&service)
+	assert.True(t, triggered())
+	trigger2.OnUpdate(&service, &service)
+	assert.False(t, triggered())
+	trigger2.OnUpdate(&service, &service2)
+	assert.True(t, triggered())
+
+	service3 := api_v1.Service{
+		ObjectMeta: api_v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: "ns1",
+			Name:      "s1",
+		},
+		Status: api_v1.ServiceStatus{
+			LoadBalancer: api_v1.LoadBalancerStatus{
+				Ingress: []api_v1.LoadBalancerIngress{{
+					Hostname: "A",
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	trigger2.OnUpdate(&service, &service3)
+	assert.False(t, triggered())
+}