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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-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.k8snetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.codec.impl.CodecManager;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.DefaultK8sIpam;
+import org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.K8sIpam;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.codec.K8sIpamJsonMatcher.matchesK8sIpam;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.APP_ID;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for kubernetes IPAM codec.
+ */
+public class K8sIpamCodecTest {
+
+    MockCodecContext context;
+
+    JsonCodec<K8sIpam> k8sIpamCodec;
+
+    final CoreService mockCoreService = createMock(CoreService.class);
+    private static final String REST_APP_ID = "org.onosproject.rest";
+
+    /**
+     * Initial setup for this unit test.
+     */
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        context = new MockCodecContext();
+        k8sIpamCodec = new K8sIpamCodec();
+
+        assertThat(k8sIpamCodec, notNullValue());
+
+        expect(mockCoreService.registerApplication(REST_APP_ID))
+                .andReturn(APP_ID).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockCoreService);
+        context.registerService(CoreService.class, mockCoreService);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubernetes IPAM encoding.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testK8sIpamEncode() {
+        K8sIpam ipam = new DefaultK8sIpam(
+                IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.10"), "network-1");
+
+        ObjectNode nodeJson = k8sIpamCodec.encode(ipam, context);
+        assertThat(nodeJson, matchesK8sIpam(ipam));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubernetes IPAM decoding.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testK8sIpamDecode() throws IOException {
+        K8sIpam ipam = getK8sIpam("K8sIpam.json");
+
+        assertEquals("10.10.10.2", ipam.ipAddress().toString());
+        assertEquals("network-1", ipam.networkId());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads in an kubernetes IPAM from the given resource and decodes it.
+     *
+     * @param resourceName resource to use to read the JSON for the rule
+     * @return decoded kubernetes node
+     * @throws IOException if processing the resource fails
+     */
+    private K8sIpam getK8sIpam(String resourceName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream jsonStream = K8sIpamCodecTest.class.getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
+        JsonNode json = context.mapper().readTree(jsonStream);
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(json, notNullValue());
+        K8sIpam node = k8sIpamCodec.decode((ObjectNode) json, context);
+        assertThat(node, notNullValue());
+        return node;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Mock codec context for use in codec unit tests.
+     */
+    private class MockCodecContext implements CodecContext {
+        private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        private final CodecManager manager = new CodecManager();
+        private final Map<Class<?>, Object> services = new HashMap<>();
+
+        /**
+         * Constructs a new mock codec context.
+         */
+        public MockCodecContext() {
+            manager.activate();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ObjectMapper mapper() {
+            return mapper;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        public <T> JsonCodec<T> codec(Class<T> entityClass) {
+            if (entityClass == K8sIpam.class) {
+                return (JsonCodec<T>) k8sIpamCodec;
+            }
+            return manager.getCodec(entityClass);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        @Override
+        public <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceClass) {
+            return (T) services.get(serviceClass);
+        }
+
+        // for registering mock services
+        public <T> void registerService(Class<T> serviceClass, T impl) {
+            services.put(serviceClass, impl);
+        }
+    }
+}