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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.routing;
+
+import org.easymock.EasyMock;
+import org.easymock.IArgumentMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.Intent;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.IntentUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for testing operations submitted to the IntentService.
+ */
+public final class TestIntentServiceHelper {
+    /**
+     * Default constructor to prevent instantiation.
+     */
+    private TestIntentServiceHelper() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matcher method to set the expected intent to match against
+     * (ignoring the intent ID for the intent).
+     *
+     * @param intent the expected Intent
+     * @return the submitted Intent
+     */
+    public static Intent eqExceptId(Intent intent) {
+        EasyMock.reportMatcher(new IdAgnosticIntentMatcher(intent));
+        return intent;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * EasyMock matcher that matches {@link Intent} but
+     * ignores the {@link IntentId} when matching.
+     * <p/>
+     * The normal intent equals method tests that the intent IDs are equal,
+     * however in these tests we can't know what the intent IDs will be in
+     * advance, so we can't set up expected intents with the correct IDs. Thus,
+     * the solution is to use an EasyMock matcher that verifies that all the
+     * value properties of the provided intent match the expected values, but
+     * ignores the intent ID when testing equality.
+     */
+    private static final class IdAgnosticIntentMatcher implements
+                IArgumentMatcher {
+
+        private final Intent intent;
+        private String providedString;
+
+        /**
+         * Constructor taking the expected intent to match against.
+         *
+         * @param intent the expected intent
+         */
+        public IdAgnosticIntentMatcher(Intent intent) {
+            this.intent = intent;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void appendTo(StringBuffer strBuffer) {
+            strBuffer.append("IntentMatcher unable to match: "
+                    + providedString);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean matches(Object object) {
+            if (!(object instanceof Intent)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Intent providedIntent = (Intent) object;
+            providedString = providedIntent.toString();
+
+            return IntentUtils.intentsAreEqual(intent, providedIntent);
+        }
+    }
+
+}