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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.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpAddress;
+import org.onlab.packet.IpPrefix;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.codec.impl.CodecManager;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.DefaultKubevirtNetwork;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtHostRoute;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtIpPool;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtNetwork;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+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.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import static org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.codec.KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher.matchesKubevirtNetwork;
+import static org.onosproject.net.NetTestTools.APP_ID;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for KubevirtNetwork codec.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtNetworkCodecTest {
+
+    MockCodecContext context;
+
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtNetwork> kubevirtNetworkCodec;
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtHostRoute> kubevirtHostRouteCodec;
+    JsonCodec<KubevirtIpPool> kubevirtIpPoolCodec;
+
+    final CoreService mockCoreService = createMock(CoreService.class);
+    private static final String REST_APP_ID = "org.onosproject.rest";
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        context = new MockCodecContext();
+        kubevirtNetworkCodec = new KubevirtNetworkCodec();
+        kubevirtHostRouteCodec = new KubevirtHostRouteCodec();
+        kubevirtIpPoolCodec = new KubevirtIpPoolCodec();
+
+        assertThat(kubevirtNetworkCodec, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(kubevirtHostRouteCodec, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(kubevirtIpPoolCodec, notNullValue());
+
+        expect(mockCoreService.registerApplication(REST_APP_ID))
+                .andReturn(APP_ID).anyTimes();
+        replay(mockCoreService);
+        context.registerService(CoreService.class, mockCoreService);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubevirt network encoding.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testKubevirtNetworkEncode() {
+        KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute1 = new KubevirtHostRoute(IpPrefix.valueOf("10.10.10.0/24"),
+                IpAddress.valueOf("20.20.20.1"));
+        KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute2 = new KubevirtHostRoute(IpPrefix.valueOf("20.20.20.0/24"),
+                IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.1"));
+
+        KubevirtIpPool ipPool = new KubevirtIpPool(IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.100"),
+                IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.200"));
+
+        KubevirtNetwork network = DefaultKubevirtNetwork.builder()
+                .networkId("net-1")
+                .name("net-1")
+                .type(KubevirtNetwork.Type.FLAT)
+                .gatewayIp(IpAddress.valueOf("10.10.10.1"))
+                .mtu(1500)
+                .cidr("10.10.10.0/24")
+                .hostRoutes(ImmutableSet.of(hostRoute1, hostRoute2))
+                .ipPool(ipPool)
+                .build();
+
+        ObjectNode networkJson = kubevirtNetworkCodec.encode(network, context);
+        assertThat(networkJson, matchesKubevirtNetwork(network));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests the kubevirt network decoding.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException io exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testKubevirtNetworkDecode() throws IOException {
+        KubevirtNetwork network = getKubevirtNetwork("KubevirtNetwork.json");
+
+        assertThat(network.networkId(), is("network-1"));
+        assertThat(network.name(), is("network-1"));
+        assertThat(network.type().name(), is("FLAT"));
+        assertThat(network.cidr(), is("10.10.0.0/24"));
+        assertThat(network.gatewayIp().toString(), is("10.10.0.1"));
+        assertThat(network.ipPool().start().toString(), is("10.10.10.100"));
+        assertThat(network.ipPool().end().toString(), is("10.10.10.200"));
+    }
+
+    private KubevirtNetwork getKubevirtNetwork(String resourceName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream jsonStream = KubevirtNetworkCodecTest.class.getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
+        JsonNode json = context.mapper().readTree(jsonStream);
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(json, notNullValue());
+        KubevirtNetwork network = kubevirtNetworkCodec.decode((ObjectNode) json, context);
+        assertThat(network, notNullValue());
+        return network;
+    }
+
+    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
+        public <T> JsonCodec<T> codec(Class<T> entityClass) {
+            if (entityClass == KubevirtHostRoute.class) {
+                return (JsonCodec<T>) kubevirtHostRouteCodec;
+            }
+
+            if (entityClass == KubevirtIpPool.class) {
+                return (JsonCodec<T>) kubevirtIpPoolCodec;
+            }
+
+            return manager.getCodec(entityClass);
+        }
+
+        @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);
+        }
+    }
+}