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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-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 testutils
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	CONTAINER_NAME = "xos-mock-grpc-server"
+	//MOCK_DIR       = "/home/smbaker/projects/gopath/src/github.com/opencord/cordctl/mock"
+)
+
+var MockDir = os.Getenv("CORDCTL_MOCK_DIR")
+
+func init() {
+	if MockDir == "" {
+		panic("CORDCTL_MOCK_DIR environment variable not set")
+	}
+}
+
+// Start the mock server and wait for it to be ready
+//     `data_name` is the name of the data.json to tell the mock server to use.
+//     If a mock server is already running with the same data_name, it is not restarted.
+func StartMockServer(data_name string) error {
+	cmd_str := fmt.Sprintf("cd %s && DATA_JSON=%s docker-compose up -d", MockDir, data_name)
+	cmd := exec.Command("/bin/bash", "-c", cmd_str)
+
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = WaitForReady()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Stop the mock server
+func StopMockServer() error {
+	cmd_str := fmt.Sprintf("cd %s && docker-compose down", MockDir)
+	cmd := exec.Command("/bin/bash", "-c", cmd_str)
+
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Wait for the mock server to be ready
+func WaitForReady() error {
+	for {
+		ready, err := IsReady()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if ready {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Return true if the mock server is ready
+func IsReady() (bool, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "logs", CONTAINER_NAME)
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return strings.Contains(string(out), "Listening for requests"), nil
+}