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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present 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.ui;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for UI tests.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractUiTest {
+
+    /**
+     * System agnostic end-of-line character.
+     */
+    protected static final String EOL = String.format("%n");
+
+    /**
+     * Prints the given string to stdout.
+     *
+     * @param s string to print
+     */
+    protected static void print(String s) {
+        System.out.println(s);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints the toString() of the given object to stdout.
+     *
+     * @param o object to print
+     */
+    protected static void print(Object o) {
+        if (o == null) {
+            print("<null>");
+        } else {
+            print(o.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints the formatted string to stdout.
+     *
+     * @param fmt    format string
+     * @param params parameters
+     * @see String#format(String, Object...)
+     */
+    protected static void print(String fmt, Object... params) {
+        print(String.format(fmt, params));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints a title, to delimit individual unit test output.
+     *
+     * @param s a title for the test
+     */
+    protected static void title(String s) {
+        print(EOL + "=== %s ===", s);
+    }
+}