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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 model
+
+import (
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v2/go/common"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v2/go/openflow_13"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/v2/go/voltha"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var (
+	TestNode_Port = []*voltha.Port{
+		{
+			PortNo:     123,
+			Label:      "test-etcd_port-0",
+			Type:       voltha.Port_PON_OLT,
+			AdminState: common.AdminState_ENABLED,
+			OperStatus: common.OperStatus_ACTIVE,
+			DeviceId:   "etcd_port-0-device-id",
+			Peers:      []*voltha.Port_PeerPort{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	TestNode_Device = &voltha.Device{
+		Id:              "Config-SomeNode-01-new-test",
+		Type:            "simulated_olt",
+		Root:            true,
+		ParentId:        "",
+		ParentPortNo:    0,
+		Vendor:          "voltha-test",
+		Model:           "GetLatest-voltha-simulated-olt",
+		HardwareVersion: "1.0.0",
+		FirmwareVersion: "1.0.0",
+		Images:          &voltha.Images{},
+		SerialNumber:    "abcdef-123456",
+		VendorId:        "DEADBEEF-INC",
+		Adapter:         "simulated_olt",
+		Vlan:            1234,
+		Address:         &voltha.Device_HostAndPort{HostAndPort: "1.2.3.4:5555"},
+		ExtraArgs:       "",
+		ProxyAddress:    &voltha.Device_ProxyAddress{},
+		AdminState:      voltha.AdminState_PREPROVISIONED,
+		OperStatus:      common.OperStatus_ACTIVE,
+		Reason:          "",
+		ConnectStatus:   common.ConnectStatus_REACHABLE,
+		Custom:          &any.Any{},
+		Ports:           TestNode_Port,
+		Flows:           &openflow_13.Flows{},
+		FlowGroups:      &openflow_13.FlowGroups{},
+		PmConfigs:       &voltha.PmConfigs{},
+		ImageDownloads:  []*voltha.ImageDownload{},
+	}
+
+	TestNode_Data = TestNode_Device
+
+	TestNode_Txid = fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum([]byte("node_transaction_id")))
+	TestNode_Root = &root{RevisionClass: reflect.TypeOf(NonPersistedRevision{})}
+)
+
+// Exercise node creation code
+// This test will
+func TestNode_01_NewNode(t *testing.T) {
+	node := NewNode(TestNode_Root, TestNode_Data, false, TestNode_Txid)
+
+	if reflect.ValueOf(node.Type).Type() != reflect.TypeOf(TestNode_Data) {
+		t.Errorf("Node type does not match original data type: %+v", reflect.ValueOf(node.Type).Type())
+	} else if node.GetBranch(TestNode_Txid) == nil || node.GetBranch(TestNode_Txid).Latest == nil {
+		t.Errorf("No branch associated to txid: %s", TestNode_Txid)
+	} else if node.GetBranch(TestNode_Txid).Latest == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Branch has no latest revision : %s", TestNode_Txid)
+	} else if node.GetBranch(TestNode_Txid).GetLatest().GetConfig() == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Latest revision has no assigned data: %+v", node.GetBranch(TestNode_Txid).GetLatest())
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Created new node successfully : %+v\n", node)
+}