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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2010 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * 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 from
+ * 
+ *     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 edu.uci.ics.hyracks.tests.integration;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.HyracksConnection;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.client.IHyracksClientConnection;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobFlag;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobId;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.job.JobSpecification;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.cc.ClusterControllerService;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.CCConfig;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.common.controllers.NCConfig;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.control.nc.NodeControllerService;
+
+public class AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTests {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTests.class.getName());
+
+    public static final String[] ASTERIX_IDS = {"asterix-001","asterix-002","asterix-003","asterix-004","asterix-005","asterix-006","asterix-007"};
+
+    private static ClusterControllerService cc;
+    
+    private static NodeControllerService[] asterixNCs;
+    
+    private static IHyracksClientConnection hcc;
+    
+    private final List<File> outputFiles;
+
+    @Rule
+    public TemporaryFolder outputFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
+    
+    public AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTests(){
+        outputFiles = new ArrayList<File>();;
+    }
+    
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void init() throws Exception {
+        CCConfig ccConfig = new CCConfig();
+        ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+        ccConfig.clientNetPort = 39000;
+        ccConfig.clusterNetIpAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+        ccConfig.clusterNetPort = 39001;
+        ccConfig.profileDumpPeriod = 10000;
+        File outDir = new File("target/ClusterController");
+        outDir.mkdirs();
+        File ccRoot = File.createTempFile(AbstractMultiNCIntegrationTests.class.getName(), ".data", outDir);
+        ccRoot.delete();
+        ccRoot.mkdir();
+        ccConfig.ccRoot = ccRoot.getAbsolutePath();
+        cc = new ClusterControllerService(ccConfig);
+        cc.start();
+        
+        asterixNCs = new NodeControllerService[ASTERIX_IDS.length];
+        for(int i = 0; i < ASTERIX_IDS.length; i++){
+            NCConfig ncConfig = new NCConfig();
+            ncConfig.ccHost = "localhost";
+            ncConfig.ccPort = 39001;
+            ncConfig.clusterNetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+            ncConfig.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
+            ncConfig.nodeId = ASTERIX_IDS[i];
+            asterixNCs[i] = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig);
+            asterixNCs[i].start();
+        }
+        
+        hcc = new HyracksConnection(ccConfig.clientNetIpAddress, ccConfig.clientNetPort);
+        hcc.createApplication("test", null);
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOGGER.info("Starting CC in " + ccRoot.getAbsolutePath());
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void deinit() throws Exception {
+        for(NodeControllerService nc : asterixNCs){
+            nc.stop();
+        }
+        cc.stop();
+    }
+    
+    protected void runTest(JobSpecification spec) throws Exception {
+        JobId jobId = hcc.createJob("test", spec, EnumSet.of(JobFlag.PROFILE_RUNTIME));
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOGGER.info(spec.toJSON().toString(2));
+        }
+        hcc.start(jobId);
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOGGER.info(jobId.toString());
+        }
+        hcc.waitForCompletion(jobId);
+        dumpOutputFiles();
+    }
+    
+    private void dumpOutputFiles() {
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            for (File f : outputFiles) {
+                if (f.exists() && f.isFile()) {
+                    try {
+                        LOGGER.info("Reading file: " + f.getAbsolutePath() + " in test: " + getClass().getName());
+                        String data = FileUtils.readFileToString(f);
+                        LOGGER.info(data);
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        LOGGER.info("Error reading file: " + f.getAbsolutePath());
+                        LOGGER.info(e.getMessage());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    protected File createTempFile() throws IOException {
+        File tempFile = File.createTempFile(getClass().getName(), ".tmp", outputFolder.getRoot());
+        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
+            LOGGER.info("Output file: " + tempFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        }
+        outputFiles.add(tempFile);
+        return tempFile;
+    }
+    
+}