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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+#
+#   Copyright 2017 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+#
+
+
+import argparse
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+import xmlrunner
+
+from rift.mano.utils import project
+
+NAME = 'test'
+XPATH = "/rw-project:project[rw-project:name='{}']".format(NAME)
+
+class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    log = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def set_logger(cls, log):
+        cls.log = log
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if not TestCase.log:
+            log = logging.getLogger()
+            log.setLevel( logging.ERROR)
+
+    def test_create_from_xpath(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Instance of project from xpath
+            2. project name in instance is correct
+        """
+        proj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(XPATH, TestCase.log)
+        assert proj
+        assert NAME == proj.name
+        assert XPATH == proj.prefix
+
+        obj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(proj.prefix, TestCase.log)
+        assert obj
+        assert NAME == obj.name
+        assert XPATH == obj.prefix
+
+    def test_create(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Instance of project
+            2. project name in instance is correct
+        """
+        proj = project.ManoProject(TestCase.log, name=NAME)
+        assert proj
+        assert NAME == proj.name
+        assert XPATH == proj.prefix
+
+        obj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(proj.prefix, TestCase.log)
+        assert obj
+        assert NAME == obj.name
+        assert XPATH == obj.prefix
+
+    def test_create_update(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Instance of project
+            2. Set project name later
+            3. project name in instance is correct
+        """
+        proj = project.ManoProject(TestCase.log)
+        assert proj
+        assert None == proj.name
+
+        proj.name = NAME
+        assert NAME == proj.name
+        assert XPATH == proj.prefix
+
+        try:
+            proj.name = 'testing'
+        except project.ManoProjNameSetErr as e:
+            TestCase.log.debug("Expected exception: {}".format(e))
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+        obj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(proj.prefix, TestCase.log)
+        assert obj
+        assert NAME == obj.name
+        assert XPATH == obj.prefix
+
+    def test_update_from_xpath(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Instance of project
+            2. Update from XPATH
+            2. project name in instance is correct
+        """
+        proj = project.ManoProject(TestCase.log)
+        assert proj
+        assert proj.name is None
+
+        proj.set_from_xpath(XPATH)
+        assert NAME == proj.name
+        assert XPATH == proj.prefix
+
+        try:
+            proj.set_from_xpath(XPATH)
+        except project.ManoProjNameSetErr as e:
+            TestCase.log.debug("Expected exception: {}".format(e))
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+        obj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(proj.prefix, TestCase.log)
+        assert obj
+        assert NAME == obj.name
+        assert XPATH == obj.prefix
+
+    def test_create_from_xpath1(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Instance of project from xpath
+            2. project name in instance is correct
+        """
+        xpath = XPATH + '/rw:project/rw-project:project/rw-project:project/rw-project:project/rw-project:project/nsd:nsd-catalog/nsd:nsd[id=\'1232334\']'
+        proj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(xpath, TestCase.log)
+        assert proj
+        assert NAME == proj.name
+        assert XPATH == proj.prefix
+
+    def test_create_from_xpath2(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Instance of project from xpath
+            2. project name in instance is correct
+        """
+        xpath = '/rw-project:project [ name = "{}" ]'.format(NAME)
+        proj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(xpath, TestCase.log)
+        assert proj
+        assert NAME == proj.name
+        assert XPATH == proj.prefix
+
+    def test_create_from_xpath_invalid(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Exception due to invalid XPATH format for extracting project
+        """
+        xpath = '/'
+        try:
+            proj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(xpath, TestCase.log)
+        except project.ManoProjXpathNoProjErr as e:
+            TestCase.log.debug("Expected exception: {}".format(e))
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+    def test_create_from_xpath_invalid1(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Exception due to invalid XPATH format for extracting project
+        """
+        xpath = '/rw-project:project/{}'.format(NAME)
+        try:
+            proj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(xpath, TestCase.log)
+        except project.ManoProjXpathKeyErr as e:
+            TestCase.log.debug("Expected exception: {}".format(e))
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+    def test_create_from_xpath_invalid2(self):
+        """
+        Asserts:
+            1. Exception due to invalid XPATH format for extracting project
+        """
+        xpath = '/rw-project:project[id=test]'
+        try:
+            proj = project.ManoProject.create_from_xpath(xpath, TestCase.log)
+        except project.ManoProjXpathKeyErr as e:
+            TestCase.log.debug("Expected exception: {}".format(e))
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
+    logging.basicConfig(format='TEST %(message)s')
+
+    runner = xmlrunner.XMLTestRunner(output=os.environ["RIFT_MODULE_TEST"])
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--no-runner', action='store_true')
+
+    args, unknown = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
+    if args.no_runner:
+        runner = None
+
+    # Set the global logging level
+    log = logging.getLogger()
+    log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG if args.verbose else logging.ERROR)
+    TestCase.set_logger(log)
+
+    # The unittest framework requires a program name, so use the name of this
+    # file instead (we do not want to have to pass a fake program name to main
+    # when this is called from the interpreter).
+    unittest.main(argv=[__file__] + unknown + ["-v"], testRunner=runner)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()