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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.p4runtime.ctl;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.testing.EqualsTester;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence;
+import org.onosproject.bmv2.model.Bmv2PipelineModelParser;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.DefaultPiPipeconf;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconf;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconfId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiAction;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiActionId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiActionParam;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiActionParamId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiHeaderFieldId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiTableEntry;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiTableId;
+import org.onosproject.net.pi.runtime.PiTernaryFieldMatch;
+import p4.P4RuntimeOuterClass.Action;
+import p4.P4RuntimeOuterClass.TableEntry;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence.copyFrom;
+import static org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence.fit;
+import static org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconf.ExtensionType.BMV2_JSON;
+import static org.onosproject.net.pi.model.PiPipeconf.ExtensionType.P4_INFO_TEXT;
+import static org.onosproject.p4runtime.ctl.TableEntryEncoder.decode;
+import static org.onosproject.p4runtime.ctl.TableEntryEncoder.encode;
+
+public class TableEntryEncoderTest {
+
+    private static final String TABLE_0 = "table0";
+    private static final String SET_EGRESS_PORT = "set_egress_port";
+    private static final String PORT = "port";
+    private static final String ETHERNET = "ethernet";
+    private static final String DST_ADDR = "dstAddr";
+    private static final String SRC_ADDR = "srcAddr";
+    private static final String STANDARD_METADATA = "standard_metadata";
+    private static final String INGRESS_PORT = "ingress_port";
+    private static final String ETHER_TYPE = "etherType";
+
+    private final Random rand = new Random();
+    private final URL p4InfoUrl = this.getClass().getResource("/default.p4info");
+    private final URL jsonUrl = this.getClass().getResource("/default.json");
+
+    private final PiPipeconf defaultPipeconf = DefaultPiPipeconf.builder()
+            .withId(new PiPipeconfId("mock"))
+            .withPipelineModel(Bmv2PipelineModelParser.parse(jsonUrl))
+            .addExtension(P4_INFO_TEXT, p4InfoUrl)
+            .addExtension(BMV2_JSON, jsonUrl)
+            .build();
+
+    private final P4InfoBrowser browser = PipeconfHelper.getP4InfoBrowser(defaultPipeconf);
+    private final ImmutableByteSequence ethAddr = fit(copyFrom(rand.nextInt()), 48);
+    private final ImmutableByteSequence portValue = copyFrom((short) rand.nextInt());
+    private final PiHeaderFieldId ethDstAddrFieldId = PiHeaderFieldId.of(ETHERNET, DST_ADDR);
+    private final PiHeaderFieldId ethSrcAddrFieldId = PiHeaderFieldId.of(ETHERNET, SRC_ADDR);
+    private final PiHeaderFieldId inPortFieldId = PiHeaderFieldId.of(STANDARD_METADATA, INGRESS_PORT);
+    private final PiHeaderFieldId ethTypeFieldId = PiHeaderFieldId.of(ETHERNET, ETHER_TYPE);
+    private final PiActionParamId portParamId = PiActionParamId.of(PORT);
+    private final PiActionId outActionId = PiActionId.of(SET_EGRESS_PORT);
+    private final PiTableId tableId = PiTableId.of(TABLE_0);
+
+    private final PiTableEntry piTableEntry = PiTableEntry
+            .builder()
+            .forTable(tableId)
+            .withFieldMatch(new PiTernaryFieldMatch(ethDstAddrFieldId, ethAddr, ImmutableByteSequence.ofOnes(6)))
+            .withFieldMatch(new PiTernaryFieldMatch(ethSrcAddrFieldId, ethAddr, ImmutableByteSequence.ofOnes(6)))
+            .withFieldMatch(new PiTernaryFieldMatch(inPortFieldId, portValue, ImmutableByteSequence.ofOnes(2)))
+            .withFieldMatch(new PiTernaryFieldMatch(ethTypeFieldId, portValue, ImmutableByteSequence.ofOnes(2)))
+            .withAction(PiAction
+                                .builder()
+                                .withId(outActionId)
+                                .withParameter(new PiActionParam(portParamId, portValue))
+                                .build())
+            .withPriority(1)
+            .withCookie(2)
+            .build();
+
+    public TableEntryEncoderTest() throws ImmutableByteSequence.ByteSequenceTrimException {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testP4InfoBrowser() throws Exception {
+
+        P4InfoBrowser browser = PipeconfHelper.getP4InfoBrowser(defaultPipeconf);
+
+        assertThat(browser.tables().hasName(TABLE_0), is(true));
+        assertThat(browser.actions().hasName(SET_EGRESS_PORT), is(true));
+
+        int tableId = browser.tables().getByName(TABLE_0).getPreamble().getId();
+        int actionId = browser.actions().getByName(SET_EGRESS_PORT).getPreamble().getId();
+
+        assertThat(browser.matchFields(tableId).hasName(STANDARD_METADATA + "." + INGRESS_PORT), is(true));
+        assertThat(browser.actionParams(actionId).hasName(PORT), is(true));
+
+        // TODO: improve, assert browsing other entities (counters, meters, etc.)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTableEntryEncoder()
+            throws P4InfoBrowser.NotFoundException, ImmutableByteSequence.ByteSequenceTrimException {
+
+        Collection<TableEntry> result = encode(Lists.newArrayList(piTableEntry), defaultPipeconf);
+        assertThat(result, hasSize(1));
+
+        TableEntry tableEntryMsg = result.iterator().next();
+
+        Collection<PiTableEntry> decodedResults = decode(Lists.newArrayList(tableEntryMsg), defaultPipeconf);
+        PiTableEntry decodedPiTableEntry = decodedResults.iterator().next();
+
+        // Test equality for decoded entry.
+        new EqualsTester()
+                .addEqualityGroup(piTableEntry, decodedPiTableEntry)
+                .testEquals();
+
+        // Table ID.
+        int p4InfoTableId = browser.tables().getByName(tableId.id()).getPreamble().getId();
+        int encodedTableId = tableEntryMsg.getTableId();
+        assertThat(encodedTableId, is(p4InfoTableId));
+
+        // Ternary match.
+        byte[] encodedTernaryMatchValue = tableEntryMsg.getMatch(0).getTernary().getValue().toByteArray();
+        assertThat(encodedTernaryMatchValue, is(ethAddr.asArray()));
+
+        Action actionMsg = tableEntryMsg.getAction().getAction();
+
+        // Action ID.
+        int p4InfoActionId = browser.actions().getByName(outActionId.name()).getPreamble().getId();
+        int encodedActionId = actionMsg.getActionId();
+        assertThat(encodedActionId, is(p4InfoActionId));
+
+        // Action param ID.
+        int p4InfoActionParamId = browser.actionParams(p4InfoActionId).getByName(portParamId.name()).getId();
+        int encodedActionParamId = actionMsg.getParams(0).getParamId();
+        assertThat(encodedActionParamId, is(p4InfoActionParamId));
+
+        // Action param value.
+        byte[] encodedActionParam = actionMsg.getParams(0).getValue().toByteArray();
+        assertThat(encodedActionParam, is(portValue.asArray()));
+
+        // TODO: improve, assert other field match types (ternary, LPM)
+    }
+
+//    @Test
+//    public void testRuntime() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+//
+//        // FIXME: remove me.
+//
+//        P4RuntimeControllerImpl controller = new P4RuntimeControllerImpl();
+//        GrpcControllerImpl grpcController = new GrpcControllerImpl();
+//        controller.grpcController = grpcController;
+//        GrpcControllerImpl.ENABLE_MESSAGE_LOG = true;
+//        grpcController.activate();
+//        DeviceId deviceId = DeviceId.deviceId("dummy:1");
+//
+//        ManagedChannelBuilder channelBuilder = NettyChannelBuilder
+//                .forAddress("192.168.56.102", 55044)
+//                .usePlaintext(true);
+//
+//        assert (controller.createClient(deviceId, 1, channelBuilder));
+//
+//        P4RuntimeClient client = controller.getClient(deviceId);
+//
+//        assert(client.setPipelineConfig(defaultPipeconf, PiPipeconf.ExtensionType.BMV2_JSON).get());
+//
+//        assert(client.initStreamChannel().get());
+//
+//        assert(client.dumpTable(PiTableId.of(TABLE_0), defaultPipeconf).get().size() == 0);
+//
+//        assert(client.writeTableEntries(Lists.newArrayList(piTableEntry), INSERT, defaultPipeconf).get());
+//
+//        assert(client.dumpTable(PiTableId.of(TABLE_0), defaultPipeconf).get().size() == 1);
+//    }
+}