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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 mocks provides the mocks for openolt-adapter.
+package mocks
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-go/kafka"
+	"github.com/opencord/voltha-protos/go/voltha"
+)
+
+// MockCoreProxy mocks the CoreProxy interface
+type MockCoreProxy struct {
+	// Values to be used in test can reside inside this structure
+	// TODO store relevant info in this, use this info for negative and positive tests
+}
+
+// UpdateCoreReference mock updatesCoreReference
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) UpdateCoreReference(deviceID string, coreReference string) {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// DeleteCoreReference mock DeleteCoreReference function
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) DeleteCoreReference(deviceID string) {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// GetCoreTopic implements mock GetCoreTopic
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) GetCoreTopic(deviceID string) kafka.Topic {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// GetAdapterTopic implements mock GetAdapterTopic
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) GetAdapterTopic(args ...string) kafka.Topic {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// RegisterAdapter implements mock RegisterAdapter
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) RegisterAdapter(ctx context.Context, adapter *voltha.Adapter,
+	deviceTypes *voltha.DeviceTypes) error {
+	if ctx == nil || adapter == nil || deviceTypes == nil {
+
+		return errors.New("registerAdapter func parameters cannot be nil")
+	}
+	return nil
+
+}
+
+// DeviceUpdate implements mock DeviceUpdate
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) DeviceUpdate(ctx context.Context, device *voltha.Device) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// PortCreated implements mock PortCreated
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) PortCreated(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, port *voltha.Port) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// PortsStateUpdate implements mock PortsStateUpdate
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) PortsStateUpdate(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, operStatus voltha.OperStatus_OperStatus) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// DeleteAllPorts implements mock DeleteAllPorts
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) DeleteAllPorts(ctx context.Context, deviceID string) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// DeviceStateUpdate implements mock DeviceStateUpdate
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) DeviceStateUpdate(ctx context.Context, deviceID string,
+	connStatus voltha.ConnectStatus_ConnectStatus, operStatus voltha.OperStatus_OperStatus) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// ChildDeviceDetected implements mock ChildDeviceDetected
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) ChildDeviceDetected(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string, parentPortNo int,
+	childDeviceType string, channelID int, vendorID string, serialNumber string, onuID int64) (*voltha.Device, error) {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// ChildDevicesLost implements mock ChildDevicesLost
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) ChildDevicesLost(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// ChildDevicesDetected implements mock ChildDevicesDetecte
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) ChildDevicesDetected(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+// GetDevice implements mock GetDevice
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) GetDevice(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string, deviceID string) (*voltha.Device, error) {
+	if parentDeviceID != "" {
+		return &voltha.Device{}, nil
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("device detection failed")
+}
+
+// GetChildDevice implements mock GetChildDevice
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) GetChildDevice(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string, kwargs map[string]interface{}) (*voltha.Device, error) {
+	if parentDeviceID != "" {
+		return &voltha.Device{}, nil
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("device detection failed")
+}
+
+// GetChildDevices implements mock GetChildDevices
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) GetChildDevices(ctx context.Context, parentDeviceID string) (*voltha.Devices, error) {
+	if parentDeviceID != "" {
+		return &voltha.Devices{}, nil
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("device detection failed")
+}
+
+// SendPacketIn  implements mock SendPacketIn
+func (mp *MockCoreProxy) SendPacketIn(ctx context.Context, deviceID string, port uint32, pktPayload []byte) error {
+	panic("implement me")
+}