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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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.cluster.impl;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.junit.HttpResourceUrlInterceptor;
+import org.onlab.junit.LoggerAdapter;
+import org.onlab.junit.TestUtils;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ClusterMetadata;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.ControllerNode;
+import org.onosproject.cluster.Partition;
+import org.onosproject.common.event.impl.TestEventDispatcher;
+import org.onosproject.core.VersionServiceAdapter;
+import org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the cluster metadata manager.
+ */
+
+public class ClusterMetadataManagerTest {
+
+    private static final String CLUSTER_NAME = "MyCluster";
+    private static final String NODE_ID = "MyId";
+    private static final String NODE_IP = "11.22.33.44";
+    private static final int NODE_PORT = 4523;
+
+    private static final String CLUSTER_METADATA_FORMAT =
+            "{\"nodes\": [" +
+            "   {\"ip\": \"{}\", \"id\": \"{}\", \"port\": {}}]," +
+                "\"name\": \"{}\"," +
+                "\"partitions\": [{\"id\": 1, \"members\": [\"{}\"]}]}";
+
+    private static final String CLUSTER_METADATA =
+            format(CLUSTER_METADATA_FORMAT, NODE_IP, NODE_ID, NODE_PORT, CLUSTER_NAME, NODE_ID);
+
+    private ClusterMetadataManager mgr;
+    private ConfigFileBasedClusterMetadataProvider fileProvider;
+    private DefaultClusterMetadataProvider defaultProvider;
+
+    private static String format(String format, Object... params) {
+        return MessageFormatter.arrayFormat(format, params).getMessage();
+    }
+
+    private class TrackingLogger extends LoggerAdapter {
+        int errors = 0;
+        StringBuilder messages = new StringBuilder();
+
+        public final void error(String msg, Throwable t) {
+            messages.append(msg);
+            messages.append(t);
+            errors++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        System.clearProperty("onos.cluster.metadata.uri");
+        mgr = new ClusterMetadataManager();
+        TestUtils.setField(mgr, "eventDispatcher", new TestEventDispatcher());
+        fileProvider = new ConfigFileBasedClusterMetadataProvider();
+        fileProvider.providerRegistry = mgr;
+
+        defaultProvider = new DefaultClusterMetadataProvider();
+        defaultProvider.providerRegistry = mgr;
+        defaultProvider.versionService = new VersionServiceAdapter();
+
+        mgr.activate();
+        defaultProvider.activate();
+
+        pause(200);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        defaultProvider.deactivate();
+        fileProvider.deactivate();
+        mgr.deactivate();
+    }
+
+    private void pause(long millis) {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(millis);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(ie);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the file provider functions correctly when no metadata is present.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testNoMetadata() {
+        fileProvider.activate();
+        TrackingLogger log = new TrackingLogger();
+        TestUtils.setField(fileProvider, "log", log);
+
+        assertThat(fileProvider.isAvailable(), is(false));
+
+        boolean exceptionSeen;
+        try {
+            fileProvider.getClusterMetadata();
+            exceptionSeen = false;
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            exceptionSeen = true;
+        }
+        assertThat(exceptionSeen, is(true));
+
+        assertThat("Logger errors detected: " + log.messages.toString(), log.errors, is(0));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the default provider.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testDefaultProvider() {
+        fileProvider.activate();
+        ClusterMetadata metadata = mgr.getClusterMetadata();
+
+        assertThat(metadata, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(metadata.getName(), is(defaultProvider.id().scheme()));
+        assertThat(metadata.getNodes(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(metadata.getPartitions(), hasSize(1));
+
+        String localAddress = mgr.getLocalNode().ip().toString();
+
+        ControllerNode node = metadata.getNodes().iterator().next();
+        assertThat(node.ip().toString(), is(localAddress));
+        assertThat(node.id().id(), is(localAddress));
+
+        Partition partition = metadata.getPartitions().iterator().next();
+        assertThat(partition.getId().asInt(), is(1));
+        assertThat(partition.getMembers(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(partition.getMembers().iterator().next().id(), is(localAddress));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the file based cluster metadata provider.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testFileBasedProvider() {
+        File jsonFile;
+
+        try {
+            jsonFile = File.createTempFile("cluster", "json");
+            FileUtils.writeStringToFile(jsonFile, CLUSTER_METADATA);
+        } catch (IOException ioe) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(ioe);
+        }
+
+        System.setProperty("onos.cluster.metadata.uri", "file://" + jsonFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        fileProvider.activate();
+
+        ClusterMetadata metadata = fileProvider.getClusterMetadata().value();
+        assertThat(metadata, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(metadata.getName(), is(CLUSTER_NAME));
+
+        ControllerNode node = metadata.getNodes().iterator().next();
+        assertThat(node.ip().toString(), is(NODE_IP));
+        assertThat(node.id().id(), is(NODE_ID));
+
+        Partition partition = metadata.getPartitions().iterator().next();
+        assertThat(partition.getId().asInt(), is(1));
+        assertThat(partition.getMembers(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(partition.getMembers().iterator().next().id(), is(NODE_ID));
+
+        ClusterMetadata newMetadata = new ClusterMetadata(metadata.providerId(),
+                "NewMetadata",
+                ImmutableSet.of(node),
+                ImmutableSet.of(partition));
+        mgr.setClusterMetadata(newMetadata);
+
+        assertThat(fileProvider.getClusterMetadata().value(), equalTo(newMetadata));
+
+        assertThat(jsonFile.delete(), is(true));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests fetching metadata from an HTTP source.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testUrlFetch() {
+        URL.setURLStreamHandlerFactory(
+                new HttpResourceUrlInterceptor.HttpResourceUrlInterceptorFactory("cluster-info.json"));
+        System.setProperty("onos.cluster.metadata.uri",  "http://opennetworking.org");
+
+        fileProvider.activate();
+        pause(400);
+
+
+        ClusterMetadata metadata = fileProvider.getClusterMetadata().value();
+        assertThat(metadata, notNullValue());
+
+        assertThat(metadata.getName(), is(CLUSTER_NAME));
+        assertThat(metadata.getNodes(), hasSize(1));
+        assertThat(metadata.getPartitions(), hasSize(1));
+    }
+}
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