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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.bgpio.protocol;
+
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
+import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.exceptions.BGPParseException;
+import org.onosproject.bgpio.types.BGPHeader;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
+
+/**
+ * Test for Notification message.
+ */
+public class BgpNotificationMsgTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Notification message with error code, error subcode and data.
+     *
+     * @throws BGPParseException while decoding and encoding notification message
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void bgpNotificationMessageTest1() throws BGPParseException {
+        byte[] notificationMsg = new byte[] {(byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff, 0x00,
+                                             0x17, 0x03, 0x02, 0x02,
+                                             (byte) 0xfe, (byte) 0xb0};
+
+        byte[] testNotificationMsg = {0};
+        ChannelBuffer buffer = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        buffer.writeBytes(notificationMsg);
+
+        BGPMessageReader<BGPMessage> reader = BGPFactories.getGenericReader();
+        BGPMessage message = null;
+        BGPHeader bgpHeader = new BGPHeader();
+
+        message = reader.readFrom(buffer, bgpHeader);
+        assertThat(message, instanceOf(BGPNotificationMsg.class));
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        message.writeTo(buf);
+        testNotificationMsg = buf.array();
+
+        int iReadLen = buf.writerIndex() - 0;
+        testNotificationMsg = new byte[iReadLen];
+        buf.readBytes(testNotificationMsg, 0, iReadLen);
+        assertThat(testNotificationMsg, is(notificationMsg));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Notification message without data.
+     *
+     * @throws BGPParseException  while decoding and encoding notification message
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void bgpNotificationMessageTest2() throws BGPParseException {
+        byte[] notificationMsg = new byte[] {(byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff, 0x00,
+                                             0x15, 0x03, 0x02, 0x00};
+
+        byte[] testNotificationMsg = {0};
+        ChannelBuffer buffer = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        buffer.writeBytes(notificationMsg);
+
+        BGPMessageReader<BGPMessage> reader = BGPFactories.getGenericReader();
+        BGPMessage message = null;
+        BGPHeader bgpHeader = new BGPHeader();
+
+        message = reader.readFrom(buffer, bgpHeader);
+        assertThat(message, instanceOf(BGPNotificationMsg.class));
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        message.writeTo(buf);
+        testNotificationMsg = buf.array();
+
+        int iReadLen = buf.writerIndex() - 0;
+        testNotificationMsg = new byte[iReadLen];
+        buf.readBytes(testNotificationMsg, 0, iReadLen);
+        assertThat(testNotificationMsg, is(notificationMsg));
+    }
+
+    //Negative scenarios
+    /**
+     * Notification message with wrong maker value.
+     *
+     * @throws BGPParseException while decoding and encoding notification message
+     */
+    @Test(expected = BGPParseException.class)
+    public void bgpNotificationMessageTest3() throws BGPParseException {
+        byte[] notificationMsg = new byte[] {(byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                              0x01, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff, 0x00,
+                                             0x15, 0x03, 0x02, 0x00};
+
+        byte[] testNotificationMsg = {0};
+        ChannelBuffer buffer = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        buffer.writeBytes(notificationMsg);
+
+        BGPMessageReader<BGPMessage> reader = BGPFactories.getGenericReader();
+        BGPMessage message = null;
+        BGPHeader bgpHeader = new BGPHeader();
+
+        message = reader.readFrom(buffer, bgpHeader);
+        assertThat(message, instanceOf(BGPNotificationMsg.class));
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        message.writeTo(buf);
+        testNotificationMsg = buf.array();
+
+        int iReadLen = buf.writerIndex() - 0;
+        testNotificationMsg = new byte[iReadLen];
+        buf.readBytes(testNotificationMsg, 0, iReadLen);
+        assertThat(testNotificationMsg, is(notificationMsg));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Notification message without error subcode.
+     *
+     * @throws BGPParseException while decoding and encoding notification message
+     */
+    @Test(expected = BGPParseException.class)
+    public void bgpNotificationMessageTest4() throws BGPParseException {
+        byte[] notificationMsg = new byte[] {(byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff, 0x00,
+                                             0x14, 0x03, 0x02};
+
+        byte[] testNotificationMsg = {0};
+        ChannelBuffer buffer = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        buffer.writeBytes(notificationMsg);
+
+        BGPMessageReader<BGPMessage> reader = BGPFactories.getGenericReader();
+        BGPMessage message = null;
+        BGPHeader bgpHeader = new BGPHeader();
+
+        message = reader.readFrom(buffer, bgpHeader);
+        assertThat(message, instanceOf(BGPNotificationMsg.class));
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        message.writeTo(buf);
+        testNotificationMsg = buf.array();
+
+        int iReadLen = buf.writerIndex() - 0;
+        testNotificationMsg = new byte[iReadLen];
+        buf.readBytes(testNotificationMsg, 0, iReadLen);
+        assertThat(testNotificationMsg, is(notificationMsg));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Notification message with wrong message length.
+     *
+     * @throws BGPParseException while decoding and encoding notification message
+     */
+    @Test(expected = BGPParseException.class)
+    public void bgpNotificationMessageTest5() throws BGPParseException {
+        byte[] notificationMsg = new byte[] {(byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff,
+                                             (byte) 0xff, (byte) 0xff, 0x00,
+                                             0x14, 0x03, 0x02, 0x02};
+
+        byte[] testNotificationMsg = {0};
+        ChannelBuffer buffer = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        buffer.writeBytes(notificationMsg);
+
+        BGPMessageReader<BGPMessage> reader = BGPFactories.getGenericReader();
+        BGPMessage message = null;
+        BGPHeader bgpHeader = new BGPHeader();
+
+        message = reader.readFrom(buffer, bgpHeader);
+        assertThat(message, instanceOf(BGPNotificationMsg.class));
+
+        ChannelBuffer buf = ChannelBuffers.dynamicBuffer();
+        message.writeTo(buf);
+        testNotificationMsg = buf.array();
+
+        int iReadLen = buf.writerIndex() - 0;
+        testNotificationMsg = new byte[iReadLen];
+        buf.readBytes(testNotificationMsg, 0, iReadLen);
+        assertThat(testNotificationMsg, is(notificationMsg));
+    }
+}