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+/*
+ * Copyright 2021-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.kubevirtnetworking.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtLoadBalancer;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtLoadBalancerRule;
+
+/**
+ * Hamcrest matcher for load balancer.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtLoadBalancerJsonMatcher extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<JsonNode> {
+
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
+    private static final String DESCRIPTION = "description";
+    private static final String VIP = "vip";
+    private static final String NETWORK_ID = "networkId";
+    private static final String MEMBERS = "members";
+    private static final String RULES = "rules";
+
+    private final KubevirtLoadBalancer lb;
+
+    private KubevirtLoadBalancerJsonMatcher(KubevirtLoadBalancer lb) {
+        this.lb = lb;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonNode jsonNode, Description description) {
+        // check name
+        String jsonName = jsonNode.get(NAME).asText();
+        String name = lb.name();
+        if (!jsonName.equals(name)) {
+            description.appendText("Name was " + jsonName);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check description
+        JsonNode jsonDescription = jsonNode.get(DESCRIPTION);
+        if (jsonDescription != null) {
+            String myDescription = lb.description();
+            if (!jsonDescription.asText().equals(myDescription)) {
+                description.appendText("Description was " + jsonDescription);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // check VIP
+        String jsonVip = jsonNode.get(VIP).asText();
+        String vip = lb.vip().toString();
+        if (!jsonVip.equals(vip)) {
+            description.appendText("VIP was " + jsonVip);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check network ID
+        String jsonNetworkId = jsonNode.get(NETWORK_ID).asText();
+        String networkId = lb.networkId();
+        if (!jsonNetworkId.equals(networkId)) {
+            description.appendText("NetworkId was " + jsonNetworkId);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check members
+        ArrayNode jsonMembers = (ArrayNode) jsonNode.get(MEMBERS);
+        if (jsonMembers != null) {
+            // check size of members array
+            if (jsonMembers.size() != lb.members().size()) {
+                description.appendText("Members was " + jsonMembers.size());
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (JsonNode jsonMember : jsonMembers) {
+                IpAddress member = IpAddress.valueOf(jsonMember.asText());
+                if (!lb.members().contains(member)) {
+                    description.appendText("Member not found " + jsonMember.toString());
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        ArrayNode jsonRules = (ArrayNode) jsonNode.get(RULES);
+        if (jsonRules != null) {
+            // check size of rules array
+            if (jsonRules.size() != lb.rules().size()) {
+                description.appendText("Rules was " + jsonRules.size());
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // check rules
+            for (KubevirtLoadBalancerRule rule : lb.rules()) {
+                boolean ruleFound = false;
+                for (int ruleIndex = 0; ruleIndex < jsonRules.size(); ruleIndex++) {
+                    KubevirtLoadBalancerRuleJsonMatcher ruleMatcher =
+                            KubevirtLoadBalancerRuleJsonMatcher
+                                    .matchesKubevirtLoadBalancerRule(rule);
+                    if (ruleMatcher.matches(jsonRules.get(ruleIndex))) {
+                        ruleFound = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!ruleFound) {
+                    description.appendText("Rule not found " + rule.toString());
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(lb.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate a kubevirt load balancer matcher.
+     *
+     * @param lb kubevirt load balancer object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static KubevirtLoadBalancerJsonMatcher
+        matchesKubevirtLoadBalancer(KubevirtLoadBalancer lb) {
+        return new KubevirtLoadBalancerJsonMatcher(lb);
+    }
+}