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+package org.onlab.util;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.onlab.junit.TestTools.delay;
+
+/**
+ * Tests of the Counter utility.
+ */
+public class CounterTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void basics() {
+        Counter tt = new Counter();
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 0L, tt.total());
+        assertEquals("incorrect throughput", 0.0, tt.throughput(), 0.0001);
+        tt.add(1234567890L);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 1234567890L, tt.total());
+        assertTrue("incorrect throughput", 1234567890.0 < tt.throughput());
+        delay(1500);
+        tt.add(1L);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 1234567891L, tt.total());
+        assertTrue("incorrect throughput", 1234567891.0 > tt.throughput());
+        tt.reset();
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 0L, tt.total());
+        assertEquals("incorrect throughput", 0.0, tt.throughput(), 0.0001);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void freeze() {
+        Counter tt = new Counter();
+        tt.add(123L);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 123L, tt.total());
+        delay(1000);
+        tt.freeze();
+        tt.add(123L);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 123L, tt.total());
+
+        double d = tt.duration();
+        double t = tt.throughput();
+        assertEquals("incorrect duration", d, tt.duration(), 0.0001);
+        assertEquals("incorrect throughput", t, tt.throughput(), 0.0001);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 123L, tt.total());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void reset() {
+        Counter tt = new Counter();
+        tt.add(123L);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 123L, tt.total());
+
+        double d = tt.duration();
+        double t = tt.throughput();
+        assertEquals("incorrect duration", d, tt.duration(), 0.0001);
+        assertEquals("incorrect throughput", t, tt.throughput(), 0.0001);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 123L, tt.total());
+
+        tt.reset();
+        assertEquals("incorrect throughput", 0.0, tt.throughput(), 0.0001);
+        assertEquals("incorrect number of bytes", 0, tt.total());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void syntheticTracker() {
+        Counter tt = new Counter(5000, 1000, 6000);
+        assertEquals("incorrect duration", 1, tt.duration(), 0.1);
+        assertEquals("incorrect throughput", 1000, tt.throughput(), 1.0);
+    }
+}