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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.drivers.cisco.rest;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Tests Cisco NX-API request message generator for Cisco NXOS devices.
+ */
+public class NxApiRequestTest {
+    public static final String REQ_FILE1 = "/testNxApiRequest1.json";
+    public static final String REQ_FILE2 = "/testNxApiRequest2.json";
+
+    @Test
+    public void oneRequestTest() throws IOException {
+        InputStream streamOrig = getClass().getResourceAsStream(REQ_FILE1);
+        ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+        JsonNode node1 = om.readTree(streamOrig);
+
+        ArrayList<String> cmds = new ArrayList<>();
+        cmds.add("show interface");
+
+        JsonNode node2 = om.readTree(NxApiRequest.generate(cmds, NxApiRequest.CommandType.CLI));
+
+        assertEquals(node1.toString(), node2.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void manyRequestsTest() throws IOException {
+        InputStream streamOrig = getClass().getResourceAsStream(REQ_FILE2);
+        ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+        JsonNode node1 = om.readTree(streamOrig);
+
+        ArrayList<String> cmds = new ArrayList<>();
+        cmds.add("show interface");
+        cmds.add("show ver");
+
+        JsonNode node2 = om.readTree(NxApiRequest.generate(cmds, NxApiRequest.CommandType.CLI));
+
+        assertEquals(node1.toString(), node2.toString());
+    }
+}