diff --git a/lib/xos-genx/tests/rlinks_test.py b/lib/xos-genx/tests/rlinks_test.py
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+import unittest
+from xosgenx.generator import XOSGenerator
+from helpers import FakeArgs, XProtoTestHelpers
+
+class XProtoRlinkTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_proto_generator(self):
+        target = XProtoTestHelpers.write_tmp_target("""
+{% for m in proto.messages %}
+   {% for r in m.rlinks %}
+       {{ r }}
+   {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}
+""")
+
+        xproto = \
+"""
+message VRouterPort (PlCoreBase){
+     optional string name = 1 [help_text = "port friendly name", max_length = 20, null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required string openflow_id = 2 [help_text = "port identifier in ONOS", max_length = 21, null = False, db_index = False, blank = False];
+     required manytoone vrouter_device->VRouterDevice:ports = 3 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+     required manytoone vrouter_service->VRouterService:device_ports = 4 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+}
+
+message VRouterService (Service) {
+     optional string rest_hostname = 1 [db_index = False, max_length = 255, null = True, content_type = "stripped", blank = True];
+     required int32 rest_port = 2 [default = 8181, null = False, db_index = False, blank = False];
+     required string rest_user = 3 [default = "onos", max_length = 255, content_type = "stripped", blank = False, null = False, db_index = False];
+     required string rest_pass = 4 [default = "rocks", max_length = 255, content_type = "stripped", blank = False, null = False, db_index = False];
+}
+
+message VRouterDevice (PlCoreBase){
+     optional string name = 1 [help_text = "device friendly name", max_length = 20, null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required string openflow_id = 2 [help_text = "device identifier in ONOS", max_length = 20, null = False, db_index = False, blank = False];
+     required string config_key = 3 [default = "basic", max_length = 32, blank = False, help_text = "configuration key", null = False, db_index = False];
+     required string driver = 4 [help_text = "driver type", max_length = 32, null = False, db_index = False, blank = False];
+     required manytoone vrouter_service->VRouterService:devices = 5 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+}
+"""
+
+        args = FakeArgs()
+        args.inputs = xproto
+        args.target = target
+        output = XOSGenerator.generate(args)
+        self.assertIn("'src_port': 'device_ports'", output)
+        self.assertIn("'src_port': 'ports'", output)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+
+