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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 org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtHostRoute;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtIpPool;
+import org.onosproject.kubevirtnetworking.api.KubevirtNetwork;
+
+/**
+ * Hamcrest matcher for kubevirt network.
+ */
+public final class KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher extends TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher<JsonNode> {
+
+    private final KubevirtNetwork network;
+    private static final String NETWORK_ID = "networkId";
+    private static final String TYPE = "type";
+    private static final String NAME = "name";
+    private static final String MTU = "mtu";
+    private static final String SEGMENT_ID = "segmentId";
+    private static final String GATEWAY_IP = "gatewayIp";
+    private static final String CIDR = "cidr";
+    private static final String HOST_ROUTES = "hostRoutes";
+    private static final String IP_POOL = "ipPool";
+
+    private KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher(KubevirtNetwork network) {
+        this.network = network;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean matchesSafely(JsonNode jsonNode, Description description) {
+        // check network ID
+        String jsonNetworkId = jsonNode.get(NETWORK_ID).asText();
+        String networkId = network.networkId();
+        if (!jsonNetworkId.equals(networkId)) {
+            description.appendText("network ID was " + jsonNetworkId);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check type
+        String jsonType = jsonNode.get(TYPE).asText();
+        String type = network.type().name();
+        if (!jsonType.equals(type)) {
+            description.appendText("network type was " + jsonType);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check name
+        String jsonName = jsonNode.get(NAME).asText();
+        String name = network.name();
+        if (!jsonName.equals(name)) {
+            description.appendText("network name was " + jsonName);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check MTU
+        int jsonMtu = jsonNode.get(MTU).asInt();
+        int mtu = network.mtu();
+        if (jsonMtu != mtu) {
+            description.appendText("network MTU was " + jsonMtu);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check gateway IP
+        String jsonGatewayIp = jsonNode.get(GATEWAY_IP).asText();
+        String gatewayIp = network.gatewayIp().toString();
+        if (!jsonGatewayIp.equals(gatewayIp)) {
+            description.appendText("gateway IP was " + jsonGatewayIp);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check CIDR
+        String jsonCidr = jsonNode.get(CIDR).asText();
+        String cidr = network.cidr();
+        if (!jsonCidr.equals(cidr)) {
+            description.appendText("CIDR was " + jsonCidr);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // check segment ID
+        JsonNode jsonSegmentId = jsonNode.get(SEGMENT_ID);
+        if (jsonSegmentId != null) {
+            String segmentId = network.segmentId();
+            if (!jsonSegmentId.asText().equals(segmentId)) {
+                description.appendText("segment ID was " + jsonSegmentId.asText());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // check ip pool
+        JsonNode jsonIpPool = jsonNode.get(IP_POOL);
+        if (jsonIpPool != null) {
+            KubevirtIpPool ipPool = network.ipPool();
+            KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher ipPoolMatcher =
+                    KubevirtIpPoolJsonMatcher.matchesKubevirtIpPool(ipPool);
+            if (ipPoolMatcher.matches(jsonIpPool)) {
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                description.appendText("IP pool was " + jsonIpPool.toString());
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // check host routes
+        JsonNode jsonHostRoutes = jsonNode.get(HOST_ROUTES);
+        if (jsonHostRoutes != null) {
+            if (jsonHostRoutes.size() != network.hostRoutes().size()) {
+                description.appendText("host routes size was " + jsonHostRoutes.size());
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (KubevirtHostRoute hostRoute : network.hostRoutes()) {
+                boolean routeFound = false;
+                for (int routeIndex = 0; routeIndex < jsonHostRoutes.size(); routeIndex++) {
+                    KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher routeMatcher =
+                            KubevirtHostRouteJsonMatcher.matchesKubevirtHostRoute(hostRoute);
+                    if (routeMatcher.matches(jsonHostRoutes.get(routeIndex))) {
+                        routeFound = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!routeFound) {
+                    description.appendText("Host route not found " + hostRoute.toString());
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText(network.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Factory to allocate an kubevirt network matcher.
+     *
+     * @param network kubevirt network object we are looking for
+     * @return matcher
+     */
+    public static KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher
+                    matchesKubevirtNetwork(KubevirtNetwork network) {
+        return new KubevirtNetworkJsonMatcher(network);
+    }
+}