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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.yangutils.parser.impl.listeners;
+
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangLeaf;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangModule;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangNode;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangNodeType;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangDataTypes;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangStatusType;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangContainer;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangList;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.datamodel.YangLeafList;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.exceptions.ParserException;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.YangUtilsParserManager;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ListIterator;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
+
+/**
+ * Test case for reference listener.
+ */
+public class ReferenceListenerTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    private final YangUtilsParserManager manager = new YangUtilsParserManager();
+
+    /**
+     * Checks valid reference statement.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processReferenceStatement() throws IOException, ParserException {
+
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/ReferenceStatement.yang");
+
+        // Check whether the data model tree returned is of type module.
+        assertThat((node instanceof YangModule), is(true));
+
+        // Check whether the node type is set properly to module.
+        assertThat(node.getNodeType(), is(YangNodeType.MODULE_NODE));
+
+        // Check whether the module name is set correctly.
+        YangModule yangNode = (YangModule) node;
+        assertThat(yangNode.getName(), is("Test"));
+
+        ListIterator<YangLeaf> leafIterator = yangNode.getListOfLeaf().listIterator();
+        YangLeaf leafInfo = leafIterator.next();
+
+        // Check whether the reference is set correctly.
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getLeafName(), is("invalid-interval"));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getReference(), is("\"RFC 6020\""));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether exception is thrown for invalid reference statement.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processReferenceWithoutStatementEnd() throws IOException, ParserException {
+        thrown.expect(ParserException.class);
+        thrown.expectMessage("mismatched input '}' expecting {';', '+'}");
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/ReferenceWithoutStatementEnd.yang");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks valid reference statement under module.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processModuleSubStatementReference() throws IOException, ParserException {
+
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/ModuleSubStatementReference.yang");
+
+        // Check whether the data model tree returned is of type module.
+        assertThat((node instanceof YangModule), is(true));
+
+        // Check whether the node type is set properly to module.
+        assertThat(node.getNodeType(), is(YangNodeType.MODULE_NODE));
+
+        // Check whether the module name is set correctly.
+        YangModule yangNode = (YangModule) node;
+        assertThat(yangNode.getName(), is("Test"));
+
+        // Check whether the reference is set correctly.
+        assertThat(yangNode.getReference(), is("\"RFC 6020\""));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks valid reference statement under module.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processReferenceEmptyStatement() throws IOException, ParserException {
+
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/ReferenceEmptyStatement.yang");
+
+        // Check whether the data model tree returned is of type module.
+        assertThat((node instanceof YangModule), is(true));
+
+        // Check whether the node type is set properly to module.
+        assertThat(node.getNodeType(), is(YangNodeType.MODULE_NODE));
+
+        // Check whether the module name is set correctly.
+        YangModule yangNode = (YangModule) node;
+        assertThat(yangNode.getName(), is("Test"));
+
+        // Check whether the reference is set correctly.
+        assertThat(yangNode.getReference(), is("\"\""));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks valid reference statement as sub-statement of revision.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processRevisionSubStatementReference() throws IOException, ParserException {
+
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/RevisionSubStatementReference.yang");
+
+        // Check whether the data model tree returned is of type module.
+        assertThat((node instanceof YangModule), is(true));
+
+        // Check whether the node type is set properly to module.
+        assertThat(node.getNodeType(), is(YangNodeType.MODULE_NODE));
+
+        // Check whether the module name is set correctly.
+        YangModule yangNode = (YangModule) node;
+        assertThat(yangNode.getName(), is("Test"));
+
+        // Check whether the reference is set correctly.
+        assertThat(yangNode.getRevision().getReference(), is("\"revision reference\""));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks reference statement as sub-statement of container.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processContainerSubStatementReference() throws IOException, ParserException {
+
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/ContainerSubStatementReference.yang");
+
+        // Check whether the data model tree returned is of type module.
+        assertThat((node instanceof YangModule), is(true));
+
+        // Check whether the node type is set properly to module.
+        assertThat(node.getNodeType(), is(YangNodeType.MODULE_NODE));
+
+        // Check whether the module name is set correctly.
+        YangModule yangNode = (YangModule) node;
+        assertThat(yangNode.getName(), is("Test"));
+
+        // Check whether the reference value is set correctly.
+        YangContainer container = (YangContainer) yangNode.getChild();
+        assertThat(container.getName(), is("valid"));
+        assertThat(container.getReference(), is("\"container reference\""));
+
+        // Check whether leaf properties as set correctly.
+        ListIterator<YangLeaf> leafIterator = container.getListOfLeaf().listIterator();
+        YangLeaf leafInfo = leafIterator.next();
+
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getLeafName(), is("invalid-interval"));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getDataType().getDataTypeName(), is("\"uint16\""));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getDataType().getDataType(), is(YangDataTypes.UINT16));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getUnits(), is("\"seconds\""));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getDescription(), is("\"Interval before a route is declared invalid\""));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.isMandatory(), is(true));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getStatus(), is(YangStatusType.CURRENT));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getReference(), is("\"RFC 6020\""));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks reference statement as sub-statement of list.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processListSubStatementReference() throws IOException, ParserException {
+
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/ListSubStatementReference.yang");
+
+        assertThat((node instanceof YangModule), is(true));
+
+        // Check whether the node type is set properly to module.
+        assertThat(node.getNodeType(), is(YangNodeType.MODULE_NODE));
+
+        // Check whether the module name is set correctly.
+        YangModule yangNode = (YangModule) node;
+        assertThat(yangNode.getName(), is("Test"));
+
+        // Check whether the list is child of module and description value is set correctly.
+        YangList yangList = (YangList) yangNode.getChild();
+        assertThat(yangList.getName(), is("valid"));
+        assertThat(yangList.isConfig(), is(true));
+        assertThat(yangList.getReference(), is("\"list reference\""));
+
+        // Check whether leaf properties as set correctly.
+        ListIterator<YangLeaf> leafIterator = yangList.getListOfLeaf().listIterator();
+        YangLeaf leafInfo = leafIterator.next();
+
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getLeafName(), is("invalid-interval"));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getDataType().getDataTypeName(), is("\"uint16\""));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getDataType().getDataType(), is(YangDataTypes.UINT16));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getUnits(), is("\"seconds\""));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getDescription(), is("\"Interval before a route is declared invalid\""));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.isMandatory(), is(true));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getStatus(), is(YangStatusType.CURRENT));
+        assertThat(leafInfo.getReference(), is("\"RFC 6020\""));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks valid reference statement as sub-statement of leaf-list.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void processLeafListSubStatementReference() throws IOException, ParserException {
+
+        YangNode node = manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/LeafListSubStatementReference.yang");
+
+        // Check whether the data model tree returned is of type module.
+        assertThat((node instanceof YangModule), is(true));
+
+        // Check whether the node type is set properly to module.
+        assertThat(node.getNodeType(), is(YangNodeType.MODULE_NODE));
+
+        // Check whether the module name is set correctly.
+        YangModule yangNode = (YangModule) node;
+        assertThat(yangNode.getName(), is("Test"));
+
+        ListIterator<YangLeafList> leafListIterator = yangNode.getListOfLeafList().listIterator();
+        YangLeafList leafListInfo = leafListIterator.next();
+
+        // Check whether description value is set correctly.
+        assertThat(leafListInfo.getLeafName(), is("invalid-interval"));
+        assertThat(leafListInfo.getReference(), is("\"RFC 6020\""));
+    }
+}
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