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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.store.service;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.testing.EqualsTester;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.onlab.junit.ImmutableClassChecker.assertThatClassIsImmutable;
+import static org.onosproject.store.service.AtomicValueEvent.Type.UPDATE;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the AtomicValueEvent class.
+ */
+public class AtomicValueEventTest {
+
+    AtomicValueEvent<String> event1 =
+            new AtomicValueEvent<>("map1", UPDATE, "e1");
+    AtomicValueEvent<String> event2 =
+            new AtomicValueEvent<>("map1", UPDATE, "e2");
+    AtomicValueEvent<String> sameAsEvent2 =
+            new AtomicValueEvent<>("map1", UPDATE, "e2");
+    AtomicValueEvent<String> event3 =
+            new AtomicValueEvent<>("map2", UPDATE, "e2");
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that the SetEvent class is immutable.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testImmutability() {
+        assertThatClassIsImmutable(AtomicValueEvent.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the equals(), hashCode() and toString() operations.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testEquals() {
+        new EqualsTester()
+                .addEqualityGroup(event1)
+                .addEqualityGroup(event2, sameAsEvent2)
+                .addEqualityGroup(event3)
+                .testEquals();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks that construction of the object is correct.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testConstruction() {
+        assertThat(event1.type(), is(UPDATE));
+        assertThat(event1.value(), is("e1"));
+        assertThat(event1.name(), is("map1"));
+    }
+
+}