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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-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.onlab.packet;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class BasePacketTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testClone() {
+        Ethernet p1 = new Ethernet();
+        p1.sourceMACAddress = MacAddress.ONOS;
+        p1.destinationMACAddress = MacAddress.ZERO;
+        p1.payload = new Data("xyzzy".getBytes());
+        BasePacket copy1 = (BasePacket) p1.clone();
+        assertThat(p1, equalTo(copy1));
+    }
+
+}
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