diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/federated_informer.go b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/federated_informer.go
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index 00000000000..9a77b8bd933
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+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/federated_informer.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"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	federation_api "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1"
+	federation_release_1_4 "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated/federation_release_1_4"
+	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	api_v1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/restclient"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/framework"
+	pkg_runtime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+)
+
+const (
+	clusterSyncPeriod = 10 * time.Minute
+	userAgentName     = "federation-service-controller"
+)
+
+// FederatedReadOnlyStore is an overlay over multiple stores created in federated clusters.
+type FederatedReadOnlyStore interface {
+	// Returns all items in the store.
+	List() ([]interface{}, error)
+
+	// GetByKey returns the item stored under the given key in the specified cluster (if exist).
+	GetByKey(clusterName string, key string) (interface{}, bool, error)
+
+	// Returns the items stored under the given key in all clusters.
+	GetFromAllClusters(key string) ([]interface{}, error)
+
+	// Checks whether stores for all clusters form the lists (and only these) are there and
+	// are synced. This is only a basic check whether the data inside of the store is usable.
+	// It is not a full synchronization/locking mechanism it only tries to ensure that out-of-sync
+	// issues occur less often.	All users of the interface should assume
+	// that there may be significant delays in content updates of all kinds and write their
+	// code that it doesn't break if something is slightly out-of-sync.
+	ClustersSynced(clusters []*federation_api.Cluster) bool
+}
+
+// An interface to access federation members and clients.
+type FederationView interface {
+	// GetClientsetForCluster returns a clientset for the cluster, if present.
+	GetClientsetForCluster(clusterName string) (federation_release_1_4.Interface, error)
+
+	// GetReadyClusers returns all clusters for which the sub-informers are run.
+	GetReadyClusters() ([]*federation_api.Cluster, error)
+
+	// GetReadyCluster returns the cluster with the given name, if found.
+	GetReadyCluster(name string) (*federation_api.Cluster, bool, error)
+
+	// ClustersSynced returns true if the view is synced (for the first time).
+	ClustersSynced() bool
+}
+
+// A structure that combines an informer running agains federated api server and listening for cluster updates
+// with multiple Kubernetes API informers (called target informers) running against federation members. Whenever a new
+// cluster is added to the federation an informer is created for it using TargetInformerFactory. Infomrers are stoped
+// when a cluster is either put offline of deleted. It is assumed that some controller keeps an eye on the cluster list
+// and thus the clusters in ETCD are up to date.
+type FederatedInformer interface {
+	FederationView
+
+	// Returns a store created over all stores from target informers.
+	GetTargetStore() FederatedReadOnlyStore
+
+	// Starts all the processes.
+	Start()
+
+	// Stops all the processes inside the informer.
+	Stop()
+}
+
+// A function that should be used to create an informer on the target object. Store should use
+// framework.DeletionHandlingMetaNamespaceKeyFunc as a keying function.
+type TargetInformerFactory func(*federation_api.Cluster, federation_release_1_4.Interface) (cache.Store, framework.ControllerInterface)
+
+// Builds a FederatedInformer for the given federation client and factory.
+func NewFederatedInformer(federationClient federation_release_1_4.Interface, targetInformerFactory TargetInformerFactory) FederatedInformer {
+	federatedInformer := &federatedInformerImpl{
+		targetInformerFactory: targetInformerFactory,
+		clientFactory: func(cluster *federation_api.Cluster) (federation_release_1_4.Interface, error) {
+			clusterConfig, err := BuildClusterConfig(cluster)
+			if err != nil && clusterConfig != nil {
+				clientset := federation_release_1_4.NewForConfigOrDie(restclient.AddUserAgent(clusterConfig, userAgentName))
+				return clientset, nil
+			}
+			return nil, err
+		},
+		targetInformers: make(map[string]informer),
+	}
+
+	federatedInformer.clusterInformer.store, federatedInformer.clusterInformer.controller = framework.NewInformer(
+		&cache.ListWatch{
+			ListFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (pkg_runtime.Object, error) {
+				return federationClient.Federation().Clusters().List(options)
+			},
+			WatchFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+				return federationClient.Federation().Clusters().Watch(options)
+			},
+		},
+		&federation_api.Cluster{},
+		clusterSyncPeriod,
+		framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
+			DeleteFunc: func(old interface{}) {
+				oldCluster, ok := old.(*federation_api.Cluster)
+				if ok {
+					federatedInformer.deleteCluster(oldCluster)
+				}
+			},
+			AddFunc: func(cur interface{}) {
+				curCluster, ok := cur.(*federation_api.Cluster)
+				if ok && isClusterReady(curCluster) {
+					federatedInformer.addCluster(curCluster)
+				}
+			},
+			UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) {
+				oldCluster, ok := old.(*federation_api.Cluster)
+				if !ok {
+					return
+				}
+				curCluster, ok := cur.(*federation_api.Cluster)
+				if !ok {
+					return
+				}
+				if isClusterReady(oldCluster) != isClusterReady(curCluster) || !reflect.DeepEqual(oldCluster.Spec, curCluster.Spec) {
+					federatedInformer.deleteCluster(oldCluster)
+					if isClusterReady(curCluster) {
+						federatedInformer.addCluster(curCluster)
+					}
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	)
+	return federatedInformer
+}
+
+func isClusterReady(cluster *federation_api.Cluster) bool {
+	for _, condition := range cluster.Status.Conditions {
+		if condition.Type == federation_api.ClusterReady {
+			if condition.Status == api_v1.ConditionTrue {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+type informer struct {
+	controller framework.ControllerInterface
+	store      cache.Store
+	stopChan   chan struct{}
+}
+
+type federatedInformerImpl struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+
+	// Informer on federated clusters.
+	clusterInformer informer
+
+	// Target informers factory
+	targetInformerFactory TargetInformerFactory
+
+	// Structures returned by targetInformerFactory
+	targetInformers map[string]informer
+
+	// A function to build clients.
+	clientFactory func(*federation_api.Cluster) (federation_release_1_4.Interface, error)
+}
+
+type federatedStoreImpl struct {
+	federatedInformer *federatedInformerImpl
+}
+
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) Stop() {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+
+	close(f.clusterInformer.stopChan)
+	for _, informer := range f.targetInformers {
+		close(informer.stopChan)
+	}
+}
+
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) Start() {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+
+	f.clusterInformer.stopChan = make(chan struct{})
+	go f.clusterInformer.controller.Run(f.clusterInformer.stopChan)
+}
+
+// GetClientsetForCluster returns a clientset for the cluster, if present.
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) GetClientsetForCluster(clusterName string) (federation_release_1_4.Interface, error) {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+	return f.getClientsetForClusterUnlocked(clusterName)
+}
+
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) getClientsetForClusterUnlocked(clusterName string) (federation_release_1_4.Interface, error) {
+	// No locking needed. Will happen in f.GetCluster.
+	if cluster, found, err := f.getReadyClusterUnlocked(clusterName); found && err == nil {
+		return f.clientFactory(cluster)
+	} else {
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("cluster %s not found", clusterName)
+}
+
+// GetReadyClusers returns all clusters for which the sub-informers are run.
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) GetReadyClusters() ([]*federation_api.Cluster, error) {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+
+	items := f.clusterInformer.store.List()
+	result := make([]*federation_api.Cluster, 0, len(items))
+	for _, item := range items {
+		if cluster, ok := item.(*federation_api.Cluster); ok {
+			if isClusterReady(cluster) {
+				result = append(result, cluster)
+			}
+		} else {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("wrong data in FederatedInformerImpl cluster store: %v", item)
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// GetCluster returns the cluster with the given name, if found.
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) GetReadyCluster(name string) (*federation_api.Cluster, bool, error) {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+	return f.getReadyClusterUnlocked(name)
+}
+
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) getReadyClusterUnlocked(name string) (*federation_api.Cluster, bool, error) {
+	if obj, exist, err := f.clusterInformer.store.GetByKey(name); exist && err == nil {
+		if cluster, ok := obj.(*federation_api.Cluster); ok {
+			if isClusterReady(cluster) {
+				return cluster, true, nil
+			}
+			return nil, false, nil
+
+		}
+		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("wrong data in FederatedInformerImpl cluster store: %v", obj)
+
+	} else {
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+}
+
+// Synced returns true if the view is synced (for the first time)
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) ClustersSynced() bool {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+	return f.clusterInformer.controller.HasSynced()
+}
+
+// Adds the given cluster to federated informer.
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) addCluster(cluster *federation_api.Cluster) {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+	name := cluster.Name
+	if client, err := f.getClientsetForClusterUnlocked(name); err == nil {
+		store, controller := f.targetInformerFactory(cluster, client)
+		targetInformer := informer{
+			controller: controller,
+			store:      store,
+			stopChan:   make(chan struct{}),
+		}
+		f.targetInformers[name] = targetInformer
+		go targetInformer.controller.Run(targetInformer.stopChan)
+	} else {
+		// TODO: create also an event for cluster.
+		glog.Errorf("Failed to create a client for cluster: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Removes the cluster from federated informer.
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) deleteCluster(cluster *federation_api.Cluster) {
+	f.Lock()
+	defer f.Unlock()
+	name := cluster.Name
+	if targetInformer, found := f.targetInformers[name]; found {
+		close(targetInformer.stopChan)
+	}
+	delete(f.targetInformers, name)
+}
+
+// Returns a store created over all stores from target informers.
+func (f *federatedInformerImpl) GetTargetStore() FederatedReadOnlyStore {
+	return &federatedStoreImpl{
+		federatedInformer: f,
+	}
+}
+
+// Returns all items in the store.
+func (fs *federatedStoreImpl) List() ([]interface{}, error) {
+	fs.federatedInformer.Lock()
+	defer fs.federatedInformer.Unlock()
+
+	result := make([]interface{}, 0)
+	for _, targetInformer := range fs.federatedInformer.targetInformers {
+		values := targetInformer.store.List()
+		result = append(result, values...)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// GetByKey returns the item stored under the given key in the specified cluster (if exist).
+func (fs *federatedStoreImpl) GetByKey(clusterName string, key string) (interface{}, bool, error) {
+	fs.federatedInformer.Lock()
+	defer fs.federatedInformer.Unlock()
+	if targetInformer, found := fs.federatedInformer.targetInformers[clusterName]; found {
+		return targetInformer.store.GetByKey(key)
+	}
+	return nil, false, nil
+}
+
+// Returns the items stored under the given key in all clusters.
+func (fs *federatedStoreImpl) GetFromAllClusters(key string) ([]interface{}, error) {
+	fs.federatedInformer.Lock()
+	defer fs.federatedInformer.Unlock()
+
+	result := make([]interface{}, 0)
+	for _, targetInformer := range fs.federatedInformer.targetInformers {
+		value, exist, err := targetInformer.store.GetByKey(key)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if exist {
+			result = append(result, value)
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// GetKey for returns the key under which the item would be put in the store.
+func (fs *federatedStoreImpl) GetKeyFor(item interface{}) string {
+	// TODO: support other keying functions.
+	key, _ := framework.DeletionHandlingMetaNamespaceKeyFunc(item)
+	return key
+}
+
+// Checks whether stores for all clusters form the lists (and only these) are there and
+// are synced.
+func (fs *federatedStoreImpl) ClustersSynced(clusters []*federation_api.Cluster) bool {
+	fs.federatedInformer.Lock()
+	defer fs.federatedInformer.Unlock()
+
+	if len(fs.federatedInformer.targetInformers) != len(clusters) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, cluster := range clusters {
+		if targetInformer, found := fs.federatedInformer.targetInformers[cluster.Name]; found {
+			if !targetInformer.controller.HasSynced() {
+				return false
+			}
+		} else {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/federated_informer_test.go b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/federated_informer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d022184bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/federated_informer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*
+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"
+	"time"
+
+	federation_api "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1"
+	federation_release_1_4 "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated/federation_release_1_4"
+	fake_federation_release_1_4 "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated/federation_release_1_4/fake"
+	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	api_v1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/testing/core"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/framework"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/watch"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// Basic test for Federated Informer. Checks whether the subinformer are added and deleted
+// when the corresponding cluster entries appear and dissapear from etcd.
+func TestFederatedInformer(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeClient := &fake_federation_release_1_4.Clientset{}
+
+	// Add a single cluster to federation and remove it when needed.
+	cluster := federation_api.Cluster{
+		ObjectMeta: api_v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "mycluster",
+		},
+		Status: federation_api.ClusterStatus{
+			Conditions: []federation_api.ClusterCondition{
+				{Type: federation_api.ClusterReady, Status: api_v1.ConditionTrue},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	fakeClient.AddReactor("list", "clusters", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+		return true, &federation_api.ClusterList{Items: []federation_api.Cluster{cluster}}, nil
+	})
+	deleteChan := make(chan struct{})
+	fakeClient.AddWatchReactor("clusters", func(action core.Action) (bool, watch.Interface, error) {
+		fakeWatch := watch.NewFake()
+		go func() {
+			<-deleteChan
+			fakeWatch.Delete(&cluster)
+		}()
+		return true, fakeWatch, nil
+	})
+
+	// There is a single service ns1/s1 in cluster mycluster.
+	service := api_v1.Service{
+		ObjectMeta: api_v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: "ns1",
+			Name:      "s1",
+		},
+	}
+	fakeClient.AddReactor("list", "services", func(action core.Action) (bool, runtime.Object, error) {
+		return true, &api_v1.ServiceList{Items: []api_v1.Service{service}}, nil
+	})
+	fakeClient.AddWatchReactor("services", func(action core.Action) (bool, watch.Interface, error) {
+		return true, watch.NewFake(), nil
+	})
+
+	targetInformerFactory := func(cluster *federation_api.Cluster, clientset federation_release_1_4.Interface) (cache.Store, framework.ControllerInterface) {
+		return framework.NewInformer(
+			&cache.ListWatch{
+				ListFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
+					return clientset.Core().Services(api_v1.NamespaceAll).List(options)
+				},
+				WatchFunc: func(options api.ListOptions) (watch.Interface, error) {
+					return clientset.Core().Services(api_v1.NamespaceAll).Watch(options)
+				},
+			},
+			&api_v1.Service{},
+			10*time.Second,
+			framework.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{})
+	}
+
+	informer := NewFederatedInformer(fakeClient, targetInformerFactory).(*federatedInformerImpl)
+	informer.clientFactory = func(cluster *federation_api.Cluster) (federation_release_1_4.Interface, error) {
+		return fakeClient, nil
+	}
+	assert.NotNil(t, informer)
+	informer.Start()
+
+	// Wait until mycluster is synced.
+	for !informer.GetTargetStore().ClustersSynced([]*federation_api.Cluster{&cluster}) {
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+	}
+	readyClusters, err := informer.GetReadyClusters()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, readyClusters, &cluster)
+	serviceList, err := informer.GetTargetStore().List()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, serviceList, &service)
+	service1, found, err := informer.GetTargetStore().GetByKey("mycluster", "ns1/s1")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, found)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, &service, service1)
+
+	// All checked, lets delete the cluster.
+	deleteChan <- struct{}{}
+	for !informer.GetTargetStore().ClustersSynced([]*federation_api.Cluster{}) {
+		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+	}
+	readyClusters, err = informer.GetReadyClusters()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, readyClusters)
+
+	serviceList, err = informer.GetTargetStore().List()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, serviceList)
+
+	// Test complete.
+	informer.Stop()
+}