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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-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.openstacknode.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.openstacknode.api.Constants;
+import org.onosproject.openstacknode.api.OpenstackNode;
+
+import static org.onosproject.openstacknode.api.Constants.DATA_IP;
+import static org.onosproject.openstacknode.api.Constants.MANAGEMENT_IP;
+import static org.onosproject.openstacknode.api.Constants.VLAN_INTF_NAME;
+
+/**
+ * Hamcrest matcher for meters.
+ */
+public final class OpenstackNodeJsonMatcher extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<JsonNode> {
+
+    private final OpenstackNode node;
+    private static final String INTEGRATION_BRIDGE = "integrationBridge";
+    private static final String STATE = "state";
+
+    private OpenstackNodeJsonMatcher(OpenstackNode node) {
+        this.node = node;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonNode jsonNode, Description description) {
+        // check hostname
+        String jsonHostname = jsonNode.get(Constants.HOST_NAME).asText();
+        String hostname = node.hostname();
+        if (!jsonHostname.equals(hostname)) {
+            description.appendText("hostname was " + jsonHostname);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check type
+        String jsonType = jsonNode.get(Constants.TYPE).asText();
+        String type = node.type().name();
+        if (!jsonType.equals(type)) {
+            description.appendText("type was " + jsonType);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check management IP
+        String jsonMgmtIp = jsonNode.get(MANAGEMENT_IP).asText();
+        String mgmtIp = node.managementIp().toString();
+        if (!jsonMgmtIp.equals(mgmtIp)) {
+            description.appendText("management IP was " + jsonMgmtIp);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check integration bridge
+        String jsonIntgBridge = jsonNode.get(INTEGRATION_BRIDGE).asText();
+        String intgBridge = node.intgBridge().toString();
+        if (!jsonIntgBridge.equals(intgBridge)) {
+            description.appendText("integration bridge was " + jsonIntgBridge);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check state
+        String jsonState = jsonNode.get(STATE).asText();
+        String state = node.state().name();
+        if (!jsonState.equals(state)) {
+            description.appendText("state was " + jsonState);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check VLAN interface
+        JsonNode jsonVlanIntf = jsonNode.get(VLAN_INTF_NAME);
+        if (jsonVlanIntf != null) {
+            String vlanIntf = node.vlanIntf();
+            if (!jsonVlanIntf.asText().equals(vlanIntf)) {
+                description.appendText("VLAN interface was " + jsonVlanIntf.asText());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // check data IP
+        JsonNode jsonDataIp = jsonNode.get(DATA_IP);
+        if (jsonDataIp != null) {
+            String dataIp = node.dataIp().toString();
+            if (!jsonDataIp.asText().equals(dataIp)) {
+                description.appendText("Data IP was " + jsonDataIp.asText());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(node.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate an openstack node matcher.
+     *
+     * @param node openstack node object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static OpenstackNodeJsonMatcher matchesOpenstackNode(OpenstackNode node) {
+        return new OpenstackNodeJsonMatcher(node);
+    }
+}