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+package org.onlab.util;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Test of the miscellaneous tools.
+ */
+public class ToolsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void fromHex() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals(15, Tools.fromHex("0f"));
+        assertEquals(16, Tools.fromHex("10"));
+        assertEquals(65535, Tools.fromHex("ffff"));
+        assertEquals(4096, Tools.fromHex("1000"));
+        assertEquals(0xffffffffffffffffL, Tools.fromHex("ffffffffffffffff"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void toHex() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals("0f", Tools.toHex(15, 2));
+        assertEquals("ffff", Tools.toHex(65535, 4));
+        assertEquals("1000", Tools.toHex(4096, 4));
+        assertEquals("000000000000000f", Tools.toHex(15));
+        assertEquals("ffffffffffffffff", Tools.toHex(0xffffffffffffffffL));
+
+    }
+}