diff --git a/core/store/hz/common/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/store/common/RoleInfoTest.java b/core/store/hz/common/src/test/java/org/onlab/onos/store/common/RoleInfoTest.java
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+package org.onlab.onos.store.common;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.onos.cluster.NodeId;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Test to check behavioral correctness of the RoleInfo structure.
+ */
+public class RoleInfoTest {
+    private static final NodeId N1 = new NodeId("n1");
+    private static final NodeId N2 = new NodeId("n2");
+    private static final NodeId N3 = new NodeId("n3");
+    private static final NodeId N4 = new NodeId("n4");
+
+    private static final List<NodeId> BKUP1 = Lists.newArrayList(N2, N3);
+    private static final List<NodeId> BKUP2 = Lists.newArrayList(N3, N4);
+
+    private static final RoleInfo RI1 = new RoleInfo(N1, BKUP1);
+    private static final RoleInfo RI2 = new RoleInfo(N1, BKUP2);
+    private static final RoleInfo RI3 = new RoleInfo(N2, BKUP1);
+
+    @Test
+    public void basics() {
+        assertEquals("wrong master", new NodeId("n1"), RI1.master());
+        System.out.println(RI1.toString());
+        assertEquals("wrong Backups", RI1.backups(), Lists.newArrayList(N2, N3));
+
+        assertNotEquals("equals() broken", RI1, RI2);
+        assertNotEquals("equals() broken", RI1, RI3);
+
+        List<NodeId> bkup3 = Lists.newArrayList(N3, new NodeId("n4"));
+        assertEquals("equals() broken", new RoleInfo(N1, bkup3), RI2);
+    }
+}