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+import unittest
+import os
+from xosgenx.generator import XOSGenerator
+from helpers import FakeArgs
+import yaml
+
+PROTO_EXPECTED_OUTPUT = """
+message VRouterPort {
+  option bases = "XOSBase";
+  optional string name = 1 [ null = "True",  max_length = "20",  blank = "True",  help_text = ""port friendly name"",  modifier = "optional",  db_index = "False" ];
+  required string openflow_id = 2 [ null = "False",  max_length = "21",  blank = "False",  help_text = ""port identifier in ONOS"",  modifier = "required",  db_index = "False" ];
+  required int32 vrouter_device = 3 [ null = "False",  blank = "False",  model = "VRouterDevice",  modifier = "required",  type = "link",  port = "ports",  link_type = "manytoone",  db_index = "True" ];
+  required int32 vrouter_service = 4 [ null = "False",  blank = "False",  model = "VRouterService",  modifier = "required",  type = "link",  port = "device_ports",  link_type = "manytoone",  db_index = "True" ];
+}
+"""
+VROUTER_XPROTO = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/xproto/vrouterport.xproto")
+
+# Generate other formats from xproto
+class XProtoTranslatorTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def _test_proto_generator(self):
+        args = FakeArgs()
+        args.files = [VROUTER_XPROTO]
+        args.target = 'proto.xtarget'
+        output = XOSGenerator.generate(args)
+        self.assertEqual(output, PROTO_EXPECTED_OUTPUT)
+
+    def test_yaml_generator(self):
+        xproto = \
+"""
+option app_label = "test";
+
+message Port (PlCoreBase,ParameterMixin){
+     required manytoone network->Network:links = 1 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+     optional manytoone instance->Instance:ports = 2 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional string ip = 3 [max_length = 39, content_type = "ip", blank = True, help_text = "Instance ip address", null = True, db_index = False];
+     optional string port_id = 4 [help_text = "Neutron port id", max_length = 256, null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     optional string mac = 5 [help_text = "MAC address associated with this port", max_length = 256, null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required bool xos_created = 6 [default = False, null = False, db_index = False, blank = True];
+}
+
+message Instance (PlCoreBase){
+     optional string instance_id = 1 [max_length = 200, content_type = "stripped", blank = True, help_text = "Nova instance id", null = True, db_index = False];
+     optional string instance_uuid = 2 [max_length = 200, content_type = "stripped", blank = True, help_text = "Nova instance uuid", null = True, db_index = False];
+     required string name = 3 [max_length = 200, content_type = "stripped", blank = False, help_text = "Instance name", null = False, db_index = False];
+     optional string instance_name = 4 [max_length = 200, content_type = "stripped", blank = True, help_text = "OpenStack generated name", null = True, db_index = False];
+     optional string ip = 5 [max_length = 39, content_type = "ip", blank = True, help_text = "Instance ip address", null = True, db_index = False];
+     required manytoone image->Image:instances = 6 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+     optional manytoone creator->User:instances = 7 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     required manytoone slice->Slice:instances = 8 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+     required manytoone deployment->Deployment:instance_deployment = 9 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+     required manytoone node->Node:instances = 10 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+     required int32 numberCores = 11 [help_text = "Number of cores for instance", default = 0, null = False, db_index = False, blank = False];
+     required manytoone flavor->Flavor:instance = 12 [help_text = "Flavor of this instance", default = "get_default_flavor()", null = False, db_index = True, blank = False];
+     optional string userData = 13 [help_text = "user_data passed to instance during creation", null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required string isolation = 14 [default = "vm", choices = "(('vm', 'Virtual Machine'), ('container', 'Container'), ('container_vm', 'Container In VM'))", max_length = 30, blank = False, null = False, db_index = False];
+     optional string volumes = 15 [help_text = "Comma-separated list of directories to expose to parent context", null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     optional manytoone parent->Instance:instance = 16 [help_text = "Parent Instance for containers nested inside of VMs", null = True, db_index = True, blank = True];
+     required manytomany tags->Tag = 17 [db_index = False, null = False, blank = True];
+}
+
+message Network (PlCoreBase,ParameterMixin) {
+     required string name = 1 [db_index = False, max_length = 32, null = False, blank = False];
+     required manytoone template->NetworkTemplate:network = 2 [db_index = True, null = False, blank = False];
+     required string subnet = 3 [db_index = False, max_length = 32, null = False, blank = True];
+     required string start_ip = 4 [db_index = False, max_length = 32, null = False, blank = True];
+     required string end_ip = 5 [db_index = False, max_length = 32, null = False, blank = True];
+     optional string ports = 6 [db_index = False, max_length = 1024, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional string labels = 7 [db_index = False, max_length = 1024, null = True, blank = True];
+     required manytoone owner->Slice:ownedNetworks = 8 [help_text = "Slice that owns control of this Network", null = False, db_index = True, blank = False];
+     required int32 guaranteed_bandwidth = 9 [default = 0, null = False, db_index = False, blank = False];
+     required bool permit_all_slices = 10 [default = False, null = False, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     optional string topology_parameters = 11 [db_index = False, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional string controller_url = 12 [db_index = False, max_length = 1024, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional string controller_parameters = 13 [db_index = False, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional string network_id = 14 [help_text = "Quantum network", max_length = 256, null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     optional string router_id = 15 [help_text = "Quantum router id", max_length = 256, null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     optional string subnet_id = 16 [help_text = "Quantum subnet id", max_length = 256, null = True, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required bool autoconnect = 17 [help_text = "This network can be autoconnected to the slice that owns it", default = True, null = False, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required manytomany permitted_slices->Slice/Network_permitted_slices:availableNetworks = 18 [db_index = False, null = False, blank = True];
+     required manytomany slices->Slice/NetworkSlice:networks = 19 [db_index = False, null = False, blank = True];
+     required manytomany instances->Instance/Port:networks = 20 [db_index = False, null = False, blank = True];
+}
+
+message Slice (PlCoreBase){
+     required string name = 1 [max_length = 80, content_type = "stripped", blank = False, help_text = "The Name of the Slice", null = False, db_index = False];
+     required bool enabled = 2 [help_text = "Status for this Slice", default = True, null = False, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required bool omf_friendly = 3 [default = False, null = False, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required string description = 4 [help_text = "High level description of the slice and expected activities", max_length = 1024, null = False, db_index = False, blank = True];
+     required string slice_url = 5 [db_index = False, max_length = 512, null = False, content_type = "url", blank = True];
+     required manytoone site->Site:slices = 6 [help_text = "The Site this Slice belongs to", null = False, db_index = True, blank = False];
+     required int32 max_instances = 7 [default = 10, null = False, db_index = False, blank = False];
+     optional manytoone service->Service:slices = 8 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional string network = 9 [blank = True, max_length = 256, null = True, db_index = False, choices = "((None, 'Default'), ('host', 'Host'), ('bridged', 'Bridged'), ('noauto', 'No Automatic Networks'))"];
+     optional string exposed_ports = 10 [db_index = False, max_length = 256, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional manytoone serviceClass->ServiceClass:slices = 11 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional manytoone creator->User:slices = 12 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional manytoone default_flavor->Flavor:slices = 13 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional manytoone default_image->Image:slices = 14 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional manytoone default_node->Node:slices = 15 [db_index = True, null = True, blank = True];
+     optional string mount_data_sets = 16 [default = "GenBank", max_length = 256, content_type = "stripped", blank = True, null = True, db_index = False];
+     required string default_isolation = 17 [default = "vm", choices = "(('vm', 'Virtual Machine'), ('container', 'Container'), ('container_vm', 'Container In VM'))", max_length = 30, blank = False, null = False, db_index = False];
+     required manytomany tags->Tag = 18 [db_index = False, null = False, blank = True];
+}
+"""
+
+        args = FakeArgs()
+        args.inputs = xproto
+        args.target = 'modeldefs.xtarget'
+        output = XOSGenerator.generate(args)
+
+        yaml_ir = yaml.load(output)
+        self.assertEqual(len(yaml_ir['items']), 4)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+
+