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+package org.onosproject.net.tunnel;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onlab.junit.ImmutableClassChecker.assertThatClassIsImmutable;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.testing.EqualsTester;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for tunnel name class.
+ */
+public class TunnelNameTest {
+    final TunnelName name1 = TunnelName.tunnelName("name1");
+    final TunnelName sameAsName1 = TunnelName.tunnelName("name1");
+    final TunnelName name2 = TunnelName.tunnelName("name2");
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that the TunnelName class is immutable.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testImmutability() {
+        assertThatClassIsImmutable(TunnelName.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the operation of equals(), hashCode() and toString() methods.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testEquals() {
+        new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(name1, sameAsName1)
+                .addEqualityGroup(name2).testEquals();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the construction of a OpenFlowGroupId object.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testConstruction() {
+        final String nameValue = "name3";
+        final TunnelName name = TunnelName.tunnelName(nameValue);
+        assertThat(name, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(name.value(), is(nameValue));
+    }
+
+}