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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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 org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.codec.impl.CodecManager;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.DefaultKubevirtNode;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.DefaultKubevirtPhyInterface;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.KubevirtNode;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.KubevirtNodeState;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.api.KubevirtPhyInterface;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onosproject.kubevirtnode.codec.KubevirtNodeJsonMatcher.matchesKubevirtNode;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.APP_ID;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for KubevirtNode codec.
+ */
+public class KubevirtNodeCodecTest {
+    MockCodecContext context;
+
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtNode> kubevirtNodeCodec;
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtPhyInterface> kubevirtPhyInterfaceJsonCodec;
+
+    final CoreService mockCoreService = createMock(CoreService.class);
+    private static final String REST_APP_ID = "org.onosproject.rest";
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        context = new MockCodecContext();
+        kubevirtNodeCodec = new KubevirtNodeCodec();
+        kubevirtPhyInterfaceJsonCodec = new KubevirtPhyInterfaceCodec();
+
+        assertThat(kubevirtNodeCodec, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(kubevirtPhyInterfaceJsonCodec, notNullValue());
+
+        expect(mockCoreService.registerApplication(REST_APP_ID))
+                .andReturn(APP_ID).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockCoreService);
+        context.registerService(CoreService.class, mockCoreService);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubevirt compute node encoding.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testKubevirtComputeNodeEncode() {
+        KubevirtPhyInterface phyIntf1 = DefaultKubevirtPhyInterface.builder()
+                .network("mgmtnetwork")
+                .intf("eth3")
+                .build();
+
+        KubevirtPhyInterface phyIntf2 = DefaultKubevirtPhyInterface.builder()
+                .network("oamnetwork")
+                .intf("eth4")
+                .build();
+
+        KubevirtNode node = DefaultKubevirtNode.builder()
+                .hostname("worker")
+                .type(KubevirtNode.Type.WORKER)
+                .state(KubevirtNodeState.INIT)
+                .managementIp(IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.1"))
+                .intgBridge(DeviceId.deviceId("br-int"))
+                .dataIp(IpAddress.valueOf("20.20.20.2"))
+                .phyIntfs(ImmutableList.of(phyIntf1, phyIntf2))
+                .build();
+
+        ObjectNode nodeJson = kubevirtNodeCodec.encode(node, context);
+        assertThat(nodeJson, matchesKubevirtNode(node));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubevirt compute node decoding.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException io exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testKubevirtComputeNodeDecode() throws IOException {
+        KubevirtNode node = getKubevirtNode("KubevirtWorkerNode.json");
+
+        assertThat(node.hostname(), is("worker-01"));
+        assertThat(node.type().name(), is("WORKER"));
+        assertThat(node.managementIp().toString(), is("172.16.130.4"));
+        assertThat(node.dataIp().toString(), is("172.16.130.4"));
+        assertThat(node.intgBridge().toString(), is("of:00000000000000a1"));
+        assertThat(node.phyIntfs().size(), is(2));
+
+        node.phyIntfs().forEach(intf -> {
+            if (intf.network().equals("mgmtnetwork")) {
+                assertThat(intf.intf(), is("eth3"));
+            }
+            if (intf.network().equals("oamnetwork")) {
+                assertThat(intf.intf(), is("eth4"));
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private KubevirtNode getKubevirtNode(String resourceName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream jsonStream = KubevirtNodeCodecTest.class.getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
+        JsonNode json = context.mapper().readTree(jsonStream);
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(json, notNullValue());
+        KubevirtNode node = kubevirtNodeCodec.decode((ObjectNode) json, context);
+        assertThat(node, notNullValue());
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Mock codec context for use in codec unit tests.
+     */
+    private class MockCodecContext implements CodecContext {
+
+        private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        private final CodecManager manager = new CodecManager();
+        private final Map<Class<?>, Object> services = new HashMap<>();
+
+        /**
+         * Constructs a new mock codec context.
+         */
+        public MockCodecContext() {
+            manager.activate();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ObjectMapper mapper() {
+            return mapper;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        @Override
+        public <T> JsonCodec<T> codec(Class<T> entityClass) {
+            if (entityClass == KubevirtPhyInterface.class) {
+                return (JsonCodec<T>) kubevirtPhyInterfaceJsonCodec;
+            }
+
+            return manager.getCodec(entityClass);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        @Override
+        public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceClass) {
+            return (T) services.get(serviceClass);
+        }
+
+        // for registering mock services
+        public <T> void registerService(Class<T> serviceClass, T impl) {
+            services.put(serviceClass, impl);
+        }
+    }
+}