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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.net.intent.impl.compiler;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.onosproject.TestApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.core.IdGenerator;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.Link;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.FlowRule;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficSelector;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.Constraint;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.IntentExtensionService;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.LinkCollectionIntent;
+import org.onosproject.net.intent.MockIdGenerator;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.*;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.macDstTreatment;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class to hold the common variables and pieces
+ * of code.
+ */
+class AbstractLinkCollectionTest {
+
+    static final String LABEL_SELECTION = "FIRST_FIT";
+    static final String LABEL = "1";
+
+    final ApplicationId appId = new TestApplicationId("test");
+
+    final ConnectPoint d2p0 = connectPoint("s2", 0);
+    final ConnectPoint d2p1 = connectPoint("s2", 1);
+    ConnectPoint d2p10 = connectPoint("s2", 10);
+
+    final ConnectPoint d3p0 = connectPoint("s3", 0);
+    final ConnectPoint d3p1 = connectPoint("s3", 1);
+    final ConnectPoint d3p10 = connectPoint("s3", 10);
+
+    final DeviceId of1Id = DeviceId.deviceId("of:of1");
+    final DeviceId of2Id = DeviceId.deviceId("of:of2");
+    final DeviceId of3Id = DeviceId.deviceId("of:of3");
+    final DeviceId of4Id = DeviceId.deviceId("of:of4");
+
+    final ConnectPoint of1p1 = connectPoint("of1", 1);
+    final ConnectPoint of1p2 = connectPoint("of1", 2);
+    final ConnectPoint of2p1 = connectPoint("of2", 1);
+    final ConnectPoint of2p2 = connectPoint("of2", 2);
+    final ConnectPoint of2p3 = connectPoint("of2", 3);
+    final ConnectPoint of3p1 = connectPoint("of3", 1);
+    final ConnectPoint of3p2 = connectPoint("of3", 2);
+    final ConnectPoint of4p1 = connectPoint("of4", 1);
+    final ConnectPoint of4p2 = connectPoint("of4", 2);
+
+    final ConnectPoint d1p0 = connectPoint("s1", 0);
+    final ConnectPoint d1p1 = connectPoint("s1", 1);
+    final ConnectPoint d1p10 = connectPoint("s1", 10);
+    final ConnectPoint d1p11 = connectPoint("s1", 11);
+
+    final Set<Link> links = ImmutableSet.of(
+            link(d1p1, d2p0),
+            link(d2p1, d3p1),
+            link(d1p1, d3p1)
+    );
+
+    final Set<Link> linksForMp2Sp = ImmutableSet.of(
+            link(d1p0, d2p0),
+            link(d2p1, d3p0)
+    );
+
+
+
+    final Set<Link> linksForSp2Mp = ImmutableSet.of(
+            link(d3p0, d2p1),
+            link(d2p0, d1p0)
+    );
+
+    final TrafficTreatment treatment = emptyTreatment();
+
+    final TrafficSelector selector = emptySelector();
+    final TrafficSelector vlan69Selector = vlanSelector("69");
+    final TrafficSelector vlan100Selector = vlanSelector("100");
+    final TrafficSelector vlan200Selector = vlanSelector("200");
+    final TrafficSelector vlan300Selector = vlanSelector("300");
+    final TrafficSelector mpls69Selector = mplsSelector("69");
+    final TrafficSelector mpls80Selector = mplsSelector("80");
+    final TrafficSelector mpls100Selector = mplsSelector("100");
+    final TrafficSelector mpls200Selector = mplsSelector("200");
+    final TrafficSelector ipPrefixSelector = ipPrefixDstSelector("192.168.100.0/24");
+    final TrafficTreatment ethDstTreatment = macDstTreatment("C0:FF:EE:C0:FF:EE");
+
+    final List<Constraint> constraintsForVlan = vlanConstraint();
+    final List<Constraint> constraintsForMPLS = mplsConstraint();
+
+    CoreService coreService;
+    IntentExtensionService intentExtensionService;
+    IntentConfigurableRegistrator registrator;
+    IdGenerator idGenerator = new MockIdGenerator();
+
+    LinkCollectionIntent intent;
+
+    LinkCollectionIntentCompiler sut;
+
+    List<FlowRule> getFlowRulesByDevice(DeviceId deviceId, Collection<FlowRule> flowRules) {
+        return flowRules.stream()
+                .filter(fr -> fr.deviceId().equals(deviceId))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+}