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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-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 afrouter
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/phayes/freeport"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func makeConfig(numBackends int, numConnections int) Configuration {
+
+	var backends []BackendConfig
+	var slbackendClusterConfig []BackendClusterConfig
+	var slRouterConfig []RouterConfig
+
+	for backendIndex := 0; backendIndex < numBackends; backendIndex++ {
+		var connections []ConnectionConfig
+		for connectionIndex := 0; connectionIndex < numConnections; connectionIndex++ {
+			connectionConfig := ConnectionConfig{
+				Name: fmt.Sprintf("ro_vcore%d%d", backendIndex, connectionIndex+1),
+				Addr: "foo",
+				Port: "123",
+			}
+			connections = append(connections, connectionConfig)
+		}
+
+		backendConfig := BackendConfig{
+			Name:        fmt.Sprintf("ro_vcore%d", backendIndex),
+			Type:        BackendSingleServer,
+			Connections: connections,
+		}
+
+		backends = append(backends, backendConfig)
+	}
+
+	backendClusterConfig := BackendClusterConfig{
+		Name:     "ro_vcore",
+		Backends: backends,
+	}
+
+	slbackendClusterConfig = append(slbackendClusterConfig, backendClusterConfig)
+
+	routeConfig := RouteConfig{
+		Name:           "read_only",
+		Type:           RouteTypeRoundRobin,
+		Association:    AssociationRoundRobin,
+		BackendCluster: "ro_vcore",
+		backendCluster: &backendClusterConfig,
+		Methods:        []string{"ListDevicePorts"},
+	}
+
+	routerConfig := RouterConfig{
+		Name:         "vcore",
+		ProtoService: "VolthaService",
+		ProtoPackage: "voltha",
+		Routes:       []RouteConfig{routeConfig},
+		ProtoFile:    TEST_PROTOFILE,
+	}
+
+	slRouterConfig = append(slRouterConfig, routerConfig)
+
+	port1, _ := freeport.GetFreePort()
+	apiConfig := ApiConfig{
+		Addr: "127.0.0.1",
+		Port: uint(port1),
+	}
+
+	cfile := "config_file"
+	loglevel := 0
+	glog := false
+
+	conf := Configuration{
+		InstanceID:      "1",
+		ConfigFile:      &cfile,
+		LogLevel:        &loglevel,
+		GrpcLog:         &glog,
+		BackendClusters: slbackendClusterConfig,
+		Routers:         slRouterConfig,
+		Api:             apiConfig,
+	}
+	return conf
+}
+
+func makeProxy(numBackends int, numConnections int) (*ArouterProxy, error) {
+
+	conf := makeConfig(3, 2)
+	arouter, err := NewArouterProxy(&conf)
+	return arouter, err
+}
+
+func TestNewApi(t *testing.T) {
+
+	port, _ := freeport.GetFreePort()
+
+	apiConfig := ApiConfig{
+		Addr: "127.0.0.1",
+		Port: uint(port),
+	}
+	arouter, err := makeProxy(3, 2)
+	assert.NotNil(t, arouter, "Error the proxy confiiguration fails!")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	ar, err := newApi(&apiConfig, arouter)
+
+	assert.NotNil(t, ar, "NewApi Fails!")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestNewApiWrongSocket(t *testing.T) {
+	port, _ := freeport.GetFreePort()
+	apiConfig := ApiConfig{
+		Addr: "256.300.1.83",
+		Port: uint(port),
+	}
+	arouter, err := makeProxy(3, 2)
+	assert.NotNil(t, arouter, "Error the proxy configuration fails!")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	ar, err := newApi(&apiConfig, arouter)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, ar, "Accepted a wrong IP")
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+
+	apiConfig = ApiConfig{
+		Addr: "127.0.0.1",
+		Port: 68000,
+	}
+	ar, err = newApi(&apiConfig, arouter)
+	assert.Nil(t, ar, "Accepted a wrong port")
+	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestGetBackend(t *testing.T) {
+	port, _ := freeport.GetFreePort()
+	apiConfig := ApiConfig{
+		Addr: "127.0.0.1",
+		Port: uint(port),
+	}
+	arouter, _ := makeProxy(3, 2)
+
+	ar, _ := newApi(&apiConfig, arouter)
+
+	backends := makeBackendClusterConfig(5, 1)
+	cluster, err := newBackendCluster(backends)
+	assert.NotNil(t, cluster)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+
+	for backendIndex := 0; backendIndex < 5; backendIndex++ {
+		backend, errb := ar.getBackend(cluster, fmt.Sprintf("ro_vcore%d", backendIndex))
+		assert.NotNil(t, backend)
+		assert.Nil(t, errb)
+	}
+
+	backend, errb := ar.getBackend(cluster, "ro_vcore5")
+	assert.Nil(t, backend)
+	assert.NotNil(t, errb)
+}
+
+func TestGetConnection(t *testing.T) {
+	port, _ := freeport.GetFreePort()
+	apiConfig := ApiConfig{
+		Addr: "127.0.0.1",
+		Port: uint(port),
+	}
+	arouter, _ := makeProxy(3, 2)
+
+	ar, _ := newApi(&apiConfig, arouter)
+
+	backend, err := newBackend(makeBackend(), "Cluster")
+	assert.NotNil(t, backend)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	cc, _ := ar.getConnection(backend, "ro_vcore01")
+	assert.NotNil(t, cc, "Error connection name not found")
+
+	cc2, err2 := ar.getConnection(backend, "wrongConnectionName")
+	assert.Nil(t, cc2)
+	assert.NotNil(t, err2)
+}