diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/pom.xml
index c137c9e5a74..f0097afbb28 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/pom.xml
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@
           <excludes>
             <exclude>src/test/resources/schedulerInfo1.json</exclude>
             <exclude>src/test/resources/schedulerInfo2.json</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/globalqueues/basic-queue.json</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue.json</exclude>
+            <exclude>src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue-adaptable.json</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationGlobalQueueValidationException.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationGlobalQueueValidationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a187632be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationGlobalQueueValidationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.globalpolicygenerator.globalqueues;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when FederationQueue is not valid.
+ */
+public class FederationGlobalQueueValidationException extends Exception {
+
+  public FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(String s) {
+    super(s);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationGlobalView.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationGlobalView.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45668e0d1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationGlobalView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.globalpolicygenerator.globalqueues;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.store.records.SubClusterId;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceCalculator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.Resources;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a set of root queues (one for each sub-cluster) of a
+ * federation.
+ */
+public class FederationGlobalView implements Cloneable {
+  private ResourceCalculator rc;
+
+  public static final Logger LOG =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(FederationGlobalView.class);
+
+  private String name;
+  private FederationQueue global;
+  private List<FederationQueue> subClusters;
+  private Configuration conf;
+
+  public FederationGlobalView(){
+    subClusters = new ArrayList<>();
+  }
+
+  public FederationGlobalView(Configuration config, ResourceCalculator rc) {
+    this();
+    this.conf=config;
+    this.rc=rc;
+  }
+
+  public FederationGlobalView(Configuration config, ResourceCalculator rc,
+      List<FederationQueue> subClusters) {
+    this(config, rc);
+    setSubClusters(subClusters);
+    globalFromLocal();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method checks that certain queue invariants are respected.
+   *
+   * @throws FederationGlobalQueueValidationException upon violation.
+   */
+  public void validate() throws FederationGlobalQueueValidationException {
+    try {
+      if (global != null) {
+        global.validate();
+      }
+      for (FederationQueue f : subClusters) {
+        f.validate();
+      }
+    } catch(FederationGlobalQueueValidationException f) {
+      LOG.error("Error in validating " + this.toQuickString());
+      throw f;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a FederationQueue matching the queueName
+   * from the specified subClusters.
+   *
+   * @param queueName
+   * @param subClusterName
+   * @return FederationQueue corresponding to the queueName and subCluster
+   */
+  public FederationQueue getQueue(String queueName, String subClusterName) {
+    for (FederationQueue f : subClusters) {
+      if (f.getSubClusterId().equals(
+          SubClusterId.newInstance(subClusterName))) {
+        return f.getChildByName(queueName);
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get name of the FederationGlobalView
+   * @return name of the global view
+   */
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set name of the FederationGlobalView
+   * @param name global view name
+   */
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get global view subclusters
+   * @return subclusters associated with global view
+   */
+  public List<FederationQueue> getSubClusters() {
+    return subClusters;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set global view subclusters
+   * @param subClusters subclusters associated with global view
+   */
+  public void setSubClusters(List<FederationQueue> subClusters) {
+    this.subClusters = subClusters;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a global queue by merging queues of all subclusters.
+   */
+  public void globalFromLocal() {
+    // filling out the global object and propagating totCap
+    FederationQueue globalQueue = FederationQueue.mergeQueues(
+        this.getSubClusters(), SubClusterId.newInstance("global"));
+    Resource totCap =
+        Resources.componentwiseMax(globalQueue.getGuarCap(),
+            globalQueue.getMaxCap());
+    globalQueue.setTotCap(totCap);
+    globalQueue.propagateCapacities();
+    this.setGlobal(globalQueue);
+  }
+
+  public String toString() {
+    return toQuickString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Produces a quick String representation of all the queues associated
+   * with view.
+   * Good for printing.
+   */
+  public String toQuickString() {
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    subClusters.forEach(sc -> sb.append(sc.toQuickString()).append("\n"));
+
+    return sb.toString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns global queue associated with the view.
+   * @return global queue.
+   */
+  public FederationQueue getGlobal() {
+    return global;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set global queue for FederationGlobalView
+   * @param global queue for FederationGlobalView
+   */
+  public void setGlobal(FederationQueue global) {
+    this.global = global;
+  }
+
+  // simply initialize the root to zero preemption
+  protected void initializeRootPreemption() {
+    global.setToBePreempted(Resource.newInstance(0, 0));
+    for (FederationQueue lr : subClusters) {
+      lr.setToBePreempted(Resource.newInstance(0, 0));
+    }
+  }
+
+  public FederationGlobalView clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
+    FederationGlobalView copy = (FederationGlobalView) super.clone();
+    copy.setGlobal(global.clone(true));
+    List<FederationQueue> clonedSubClusters = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (FederationQueue localRoot : getSubClusters()) {
+      clonedSubClusters.add(localRoot.clone(true));
+    }
+    copy.setSubClusters(clonedSubClusters);
+    return copy;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationQueue.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c6d6e6a3de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/FederationQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,761 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.globalpolicygenerator.globalqueues;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.CapacitySchedulerConfiguration.DEFAULT_RESOURCE_CALCULATOR_CLASS;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.CapacitySchedulerConfiguration.RESOURCE_CALCULATOR_CLASS;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Deque;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.store.records.SubClusterId;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.ResourceCalculator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.resource.Resources;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a tree of queues in a sub-cluster YarnRM.
+ * Useful to communicate with GPG and global policies.
+ */
+public class FederationQueue implements Iterable<FederationQueue> {
+
+  private String queueName;
+  private String queueType;
+
+  // sub-cluster to which queue belongs.
+  private SubClusterId subClusterId;
+
+  // capacities associated with queue.
+  private Resource totCap;
+  private Resource guarCap;
+  private Resource maxCap;
+  private Resource usedCap;
+  private Resource demandCap;
+  private Resource idealAlloc;
+
+  //resource that can be preempted in this queue.
+  private Resource toBePreempted;
+
+  // Used only for testing (to embed expected behavior)
+  private Resource testExpectedIdealAlloc;
+
+  private Map<String, FederationQueue> children;
+  private ResourceCalculator rc;
+  private Resource totalUnassigned;
+
+  public static final Logger LOG =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(FederationQueue.class);
+
+  private Configuration conf;
+
+  public FederationQueue() {
+    this(new Configuration());
+  }
+
+  public FederationQueue(Configuration conf) {
+    this(conf,
+        ReflectionUtils.newInstance(
+            conf.getClass(RESOURCE_CALCULATOR_CLASS,
+                DEFAULT_RESOURCE_CALCULATOR_CLASS, ResourceCalculator.class),
+            conf));
+  }
+
+  public FederationQueue(Configuration conf, ResourceCalculator rc) {
+    this.conf = conf;
+    children = new HashMap<>();
+    this.rc = rc;
+  }
+
+  public FederationQueue(String queuename, SubClusterId subClusterId,
+      Resource guar, Resource max, Resource used, Resource pending) {
+    this.conf = new Configuration();
+    this.rc =
+        ReflectionUtils.newInstance(
+            conf.getClass(RESOURCE_CALCULATOR_CLASS,
+                DEFAULT_RESOURCE_CALCULATOR_CLASS, ResourceCalculator.class),
+            conf);
+    this.queueName = queuename;
+    this.subClusterId = subClusterId;
+    this.guarCap = guar;
+    this.maxCap = max;
+    this.usedCap = used;
+    this.demandCap = pending;
+    this.totCap = Resources.clone(guar);
+    this.children = new HashMap<>();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method propagates from leaf to root all metrics, and pushes down the
+   * total capacity from the root.
+   */
+  public void propagateCapacities() {
+    rollDownCapacityFromRoot(totCap);
+    rollUpMetricsFromChildren();
+  }
+
+  private void rollDownCapacityFromRoot(Resource rootCap) {
+    totCap = rootCap;
+    for (FederationQueue c: children.values()) {
+      c.rollDownCapacityFromRoot(rootCap);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void rollUpMetricsFromChildren() {
+    Resource childGuar = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+    Resource childMax = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+    Resource childSumOfMax = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+    Resource childUsed = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+    Resource childDem = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+
+    // this pull the leaf data up
+    for (FederationQueue c : children.values()) {
+      c.rollUpMetricsFromChildren();
+      if (c.getGuarCap() != null) {
+        Resources.addTo(childGuar, c.getGuarCap());
+      }
+      if (c.getMaxCap() != null) {
+        Resources.addTo(childSumOfMax, c.getMaxCap());
+        childMax = Resources.max(rc, totCap, childMax, c.getMaxCap());
+      }
+      if (c.getUsedCap() != null) {
+        Resources.addTo(childUsed, c.getUsedCap());
+      }
+      if (c.getDemandCap() != null) {
+        Resources.addTo(childDem, c.getDemandCap());
+      }
+    }
+    if (children.size() > 0) {
+      setGuarCap(childGuar);
+      setMaxCap(Resources.componentwiseMin(
+          Resources.componentwiseMax(childMax, childGuar), totCap));
+      setUsedCap(childUsed);
+      setDemandCap(childDem);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method checks that certain queue invariants are respected.
+   *
+   * @throws FederationGlobalQueueValidationException upon violation.
+   */
+  public void validate() throws FederationGlobalQueueValidationException {
+
+    if (totCap == null) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+          "Total capacity must be configured");
+    }
+
+    if (Resources.lessThan(rc, totCap, usedCap, Resources.none())) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+          "usedCap (" + usedCap + ") exceeds totCap (" + totCap + ") for queue "
+              + this.getQueueName() + "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+    }
+
+    if (!Resources.fitsIn(guarCap, totCap)) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+          "guarCap (" + guarCap + ") exceeds total capacity (" + totCap
+              + "  for queue " + this.getQueueName() +
+              "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+    }
+
+    if (Resources.lessThan(rc, totCap, guarCap, Resources.none())) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+          "guarCap (" + guarCap + ") is outside [0,+inf] range for queue "
+              + this.getQueueName() +
+              "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+    }
+
+    if (!Resources.fitsIn(guarCap, maxCap)) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException("maxCap (" + maxCap
+          + ") is outside [" + guarCap + ",+inf] range for queue "
+          + this.getQueueName() +
+          "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+
+    }
+
+    if (Resources.lessThan(rc, totCap, usedCap, Resources.none())
+        || !Resources.fitsIn(usedCap, maxCap)) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException("usedCap (" + usedCap
+          + ") is outside [0," + maxCap + "] range for queue "
+          + this.getQueueName() +
+          "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+    }
+
+    if (Resources.lessThan(rc, totCap, demandCap, Resources.none())) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+          "demandCap (" + demandCap + ") is outside [0,+inf] range for queue "
+              + this.getQueueName() +
+              "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+    }
+    if (idealAlloc != null && !Resources.fitsIn(idealAlloc, totCap)) {
+      throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+          "idealAlloc (" + idealAlloc + ") is greter than totCap (" + totCap
+              + ") for queue " + this.getQueueName() +
+              "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+    }
+
+    if (children != null && children.size() > 0) {
+      Resource childGuar = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+      Resource childMax = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+      Resource childUsed = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+      Resource childDem = Resources.createResource(0L, 0);
+      Resource childIdealAlloc = Resources.createResource(0, 0);
+
+      for (FederationQueue c : children.values()) {
+        Resources.addTo(childGuar, c.getGuarCap());
+        Resources.addTo(childUsed, c.getUsedCap());
+        Resources.addTo(childDem, c.getDemandCap());
+        if (c.idealAlloc != null) {
+          Resources.addTo(childIdealAlloc, c.getIdealAlloc());
+        }
+        if (!Resources.lessThanOrEqual(rc, totCap, childMax, maxCap)) {
+          throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+              "Sum of children maxCap (" + childMax
+                  + ") mismatched with parent maxCap (" + maxCap
+                  + ") for queue " + this.getQueueName() + "@"
+                  + this.getSubClusterId());
+        }
+
+        c.validate();
+      }
+
+      if (!Resources.equals(childGuar, guarCap)) {
+        throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+            "Sum of children guarCap (" + childGuar
+                + ") mismatched with parent guarCap (" + guarCap
+                + ") for queue " + this.getQueueName() +
+                "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+      }
+
+      if (!Resources.equals(childUsed, usedCap)) {
+        throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+            "Sum of children usedCap (" + childUsed
+                + ") mismatched with parent usedCap (" + usedCap
+                + ") for queue " + this.getQueueName() +
+                "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+      }
+
+      if (!Resources.equals(childDem, demandCap)) {
+        throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+            "Sum of children demandCap (" + childGuar
+                + ") mismatched with parent demandCap (" + demandCap
+                + ") for queue " + this.getQueueName() +
+                "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+      }
+
+      if (idealAlloc != null
+          && !Resources.fitsIn(childIdealAlloc, idealAlloc)) {
+        throw new FederationGlobalQueueValidationException(
+            "Sum of children idealAlloc (" + childIdealAlloc
+                + ") exceed the parent idealAlloc (" + idealAlloc
+                + ") for queue " + this.getQueueName() +
+                "@" + this.getSubClusterId());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method clones the FederationQueue.
+   * @param recursive whether to clone recursively.
+   * @return cloned object of Federation Queue.
+   */
+  public FederationQueue clone(boolean recursive) {
+    FederationQueue metoo = new FederationQueue(this.conf, rc);
+    metoo.queueName = queueName;
+    metoo.subClusterId = subClusterId;
+    metoo.totCap = Resources.clone(totCap);
+    metoo.guarCap = Resources.clone(guarCap);
+    metoo.maxCap = Resources.clone(maxCap);
+    metoo.usedCap = Resources.clone(usedCap);
+    metoo.demandCap = Resources.clone(demandCap);
+    metoo.idealAlloc =
+        (idealAlloc != null) ? Resources.clone(idealAlloc) : null;
+    metoo.toBePreempted =
+        (toBePreempted != null) ? Resources.clone(toBePreempted) : null;
+    metoo.testExpectedIdealAlloc = (testExpectedIdealAlloc != null)
+        ? Resources.clone(testExpectedIdealAlloc) : null;
+    for (Map.Entry<String, FederationQueue> c : children.entrySet()) {
+      if (recursive) {
+        metoo.children.put(c.getKey(), c.getValue().clone(true));
+      } else {
+        metoo.children.put(c.getKey(), c.getValue());
+      }
+    }
+    return metoo;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This operation combine every level of the queue and produces a merged tree.
+   *
+   * @param subClusterQueues the input queues to merge
+   * @return the root of the merged FederationQueue tree
+   */
+  public static FederationQueue mergeQueues(
+      List<FederationQueue> subClusterQueues, SubClusterId newScope) {
+
+    FederationQueue combined = null;
+
+    for (FederationQueue root : subClusterQueues) {
+      if (combined == null) {
+        combined = root.clone(false);
+        combined.setSubClusterId(newScope);
+        continue;
+      }
+      combined.setTotCap(Resources
+          .clone(Resources.add(combined.getTotCap(), root.getTotCap())));
+      combined.setGuarCap(Resources
+          .clone(Resources.add(combined.getGuarCap(), root.getGuarCap())));
+      combined.setMaxCap(
+          Resources.clone(Resources.componentwiseMax(combined.getTotCap(),
+              Resources.add(combined.getMaxCap(), root.getMaxCap()))));
+      combined.setUsedCap(Resources
+          .clone(Resources.add(combined.getUsedCap(), root.getUsedCap())));
+      combined.setDemandCap(Resources
+          .clone(Resources.add(combined.getDemandCap(), root.getDemandCap())));
+
+      Map<String, FederationQueue> newChildren = new HashMap<>();
+      for (Map.Entry<String, FederationQueue> mychild :
+          combined.children.entrySet()) {
+        FederationQueue theirchild = root.getChildren().get(mychild.getKey());
+        List<FederationQueue> mergelist = new ArrayList<>();
+        mergelist.add(mychild.getValue());
+        mergelist.add(theirchild);
+        newChildren.put(mychild.getKey(), mergeQueues(mergelist, newScope));
+      }
+      combined.children = newChildren;
+    }
+
+    combined.propagateCapacities();
+    return combined;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get child FederationQueue by name.
+   * @param queueName name of the queue.
+   * @return children FederationQueue.
+   */
+  public FederationQueue getChildByName(String queueName) {
+    return recursiveChildByName(this, queueName);
+  }
+
+  private static FederationQueue recursiveChildByName(FederationQueue f,
+      String a) {
+    if (f == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    if (f.getQueueName() != null && f.getQueueName().equals(a)) {
+      return f;
+    }
+    if (f.getChildren().get(a) != null) {
+      return f.getChildren().get(a);
+    }
+
+    for (FederationQueue c : f.getChildren().values()) {
+      FederationQueue ret = recursiveChildByName(c, a);
+      if (ret != null) {
+        return ret;
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets total capacity for FederationQueue and children.
+   * @param totCapacity total capacity of the queue.
+   */
+  public void recursiveSetOfTotCap(Resource totCapacity) {
+    this.setTotCap(totCapacity);
+    for (FederationQueue child : this.getChildren().values()) {
+      child.recursiveSetOfTotCap(totCapacity);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the queue total unassigned resources.
+   * @return queue unassigned resources.
+   */
+  public Resource getTotalUnassigned() {
+    return totalUnassigned;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the queue total unassigned resources.
+   * @param totalUnassigned queue totalUnassigned resources.
+   */
+  public void setTotalUnassigned(Resource totalUnassigned) {
+    this.totalUnassigned = totalUnassigned;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the queue configuration
+   * @return queue configuration
+   */
+  public Configuration getConf() {
+    return conf;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the queue configuration
+   * @param conf queue configuration
+   */
+  public void setConf(Configuration conf) {
+    this.conf = conf;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue guaranteed capacity
+   * @return queue guaranteed capacity
+   */
+  public Resource getGuarCap() {
+    return guarCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue guaranteed capacity
+   * @param guarCap queue guaranteed capacity
+   */
+  public void setGuarCap(Resource guarCap) {
+    this.guarCap = guarCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue max capacity
+   * @return queue max capacity
+   */
+  public Resource getMaxCap() {
+    return maxCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue max capacity
+   * @param maxCap max capacity of the queue
+   */
+  public void setMaxCap(Resource maxCap) {
+    this.maxCap = maxCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue used capacity
+   * @return queue used capacity
+   */
+  public Resource getUsedCap() {
+    return usedCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue used capacity
+   * @param usedCap queue used capacity
+   */
+  public void setUsedCap(Resource usedCap) {
+    this.usedCap = usedCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue demand capacity
+   * @return queue demand capacity
+   */
+  public Resource getDemandCap() {
+    return demandCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue demand capacity
+   * @param demandCap queue demand capacity
+   */
+  public void setDemandCap(Resource demandCap) {
+    this.demandCap = demandCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue children
+   * @return queue children
+   */
+  public Map<String, FederationQueue> getChildren() {
+    return children;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue children
+   * @param children queue children
+   */
+  public void setChildren(Map<String, FederationQueue> children) {
+    this.children = children;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue name
+   * @return queue name
+   */
+  public String getQueueName() {
+    return queueName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue total capacity
+   * @return queue total capacity
+   */
+  public Resource getTotCap() {
+    return totCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue total capacity
+   * @param totCap queue total capacity
+   */
+  public void setTotCap(Resource totCap) {
+    this.totCap = totCap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue name
+   * @param queueName queue name
+   */
+  public void setQueueName(String queueName) {
+    this.queueName = queueName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue ideal allocation
+   * @return queue ideal allocation
+   */
+  public Resource getIdealAlloc() {
+    return idealAlloc;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue ideal allocation
+   * @param idealAlloc queue ideal allocation
+   */
+  public void setIdealAlloc(Resource idealAlloc) {
+    this.idealAlloc = idealAlloc;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue resources to be preempted
+   * @return queue resources to be preempted
+   */
+  public Resource getToBePreempted() {
+    return toBePreempted;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue resources to be preempted
+   * @param toBePreempted queue resources to be preempted
+   */
+  public void setToBePreempted(Resource toBePreempted) {
+    this.toBePreempted = toBePreempted;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue subcluster id
+   * @return queue subcluster id
+   */
+  public SubClusterId getSubClusterId() {
+    return subClusterId;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue subcluster id
+   * @param subClusterId queue subcluster id
+   */
+  public void setSubClusterId(SubClusterId subClusterId) {
+    this.subClusterId = subClusterId;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set queue type
+   * @param queueType queue type
+   */
+  public void setQueueType(String queueType) {
+    this.queueType = queueType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue type
+   * @return queue type
+   */
+  public String getQueueType() {
+    return queueType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue expected ideal allocation
+   * @return queue ideal allocation
+   */
+  public Resource getExpectedIdealAlloc() {
+    return testExpectedIdealAlloc;
+  }
+
+  public String toString() {
+    return toQuickString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Produces a quick String representation of the queue rooted at this node.
+   * Good for printing.
+   */
+  public String toQuickString() {
+    return this.appendToSB(new StringBuilder(), 0).toString();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Append queue hierarchy rooted at this node to the given StringBuilder.
+   */
+  private StringBuilder appendToSB(StringBuilder sb, int depth) {
+    sb.append("\n").append(String.join("", Collections.nCopies(depth, "\t")))
+        .append(queueName);
+    if (depth == 0) {
+      sb.append("(" + subClusterId + ")");
+    }
+    sb.append(" [g: ").append(guarCap.getMemorySize()).append("/")
+        .append(guarCap.getVirtualCores()).append(", m: ")
+        .append(maxCap.getMemorySize()).append("/")
+        .append(maxCap.getVirtualCores()).append(", u: ")
+        .append(usedCap.getMemorySize()).append("/")
+        .append(usedCap.getVirtualCores()).append(", d: ")
+        .append(demandCap.getMemorySize()).append("/")
+        .append(demandCap.getVirtualCores()).append(", t: ")
+        .append(totCap.getMemorySize()).append("/")
+        .append(totCap.getVirtualCores());
+    if (idealAlloc != null) {
+      sb.append(", i: ").append(idealAlloc.getMemorySize()).append("/")
+          .append(idealAlloc.getVirtualCores());
+    }
+    sb.append("]");
+    if (children != null && !children.isEmpty()) {
+      children.values().forEach(c -> c.appendToSB(sb, depth + 1));
+    }
+    return sb;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Count the total child queues
+   * @return total child queues
+   */
+  public long countQueues() {
+    long count = 1;
+    for (FederationQueue q : getChildren().values()) {
+      count += q.countQueues();
+    }
+    return count;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether queue is leaf queue
+   * @return is queue leaf queue
+   */
+  public boolean isLeaf() {
+    return this.getChildren() == null || this.getChildren().isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get queue number of children
+   * @return number of queue children
+   */
+  public int childrenNum() {
+    return this.getChildren() != null ? this.getChildren().size() : 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * True if the sum of used and pending resources for this queue are smaller
+   * than the guaranteed resources.
+   */
+  public boolean isUnderutilized() {
+    return Resources.fitsIn(
+        Resources.add(this.getUsedCap(), this.getDemandCap()),
+        this.getGuarCap());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a stream of the current FederationQueue (uses the FedQueueIterator).
+   */
+  public Stream<FederationQueue> stream() {
+    return StreamSupport.stream(this.spliterator(), false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stream all leaf nodes of the FederationQueue hierarchy.
+   */
+  public Stream<FederationQueue> streamLeafQs() {
+    return this.stream().filter(FederationQueue::isLeaf);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stream all leaf nodes that have non-zero guaranteed capacity.
+   */
+  public Stream<FederationQueue> streamNonEmptyLeafQs() {
+    return this.streamLeafQs()
+        .filter(leafQ -> leafQ.getGuarCap().getMemorySize() > 0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stream all inner nodes of the FederationQueue hierarchy.
+   */
+  public Stream<FederationQueue> streamInnerQs() {
+    return this.stream().filter(q -> !q.isLeaf());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Iterator<FederationQueue> iterator() {
+    return new FedQueueIterator(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Iterator for FederationQueue.
+   */
+  private static final class FedQueueIterator implements
+      Iterator<FederationQueue> {
+
+    private Deque<FederationQueue> state;
+    private FederationQueue crt;
+
+    FedQueueIterator(FederationQueue root) {
+      this.state = new ArrayDeque<>();
+      state.push(root);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() {
+      return !state.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public FederationQueue next() {
+      crt = state.pop();
+      if (crt.getChildren() != null && !crt.getChildren().isEmpty()) {
+        state.addAll(crt.getChildren().values());
+      }
+      return crt;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/package-info.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d0881801f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you 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
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * 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 org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.globalpolicygenerator.globalqueues;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/GlobalQueueTestUtil.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/GlobalQueueTestUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..731becd7d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/GlobalQueueTestUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.globalpolicygenerator.globalqueues;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.store.records.SubClusterId;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides support methods for all global queue tests.
+ */
+public final class GlobalQueueTestUtil {
+
+  private GlobalQueueTestUtil() {
+  }
+
+  public static List<FederationQueue> generateFedCluster() throws IOException {
+    int numSubclusters = 20;
+
+    List<FederationQueue> toMerge = new ArrayList<>();
+    String queueJson = loadFile("globalqueues/tree-queue.json");
+    for (int i = 0; i < numSubclusters; i++) {
+      FederationQueue temp = parseQueue(queueJson);
+      toMerge.add(temp);
+    }
+    return toMerge;
+  }
+
+  public static String loadFile(String filename) throws IOException {
+    ClassLoader cL = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+    if (cL == null) {
+      cL = Configuration.class.getClassLoader();
+    }
+    URL submitURI = cL.getResource(filename);
+
+    return FileUtils.readFileToString(new File(submitURI.getFile()),
+        Charset.defaultCharset());
+  }
+
+  public static String toJSONString(Resource resInf) {
+    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+    builder.append("{");
+    builder.append("\"memory\"");
+    builder.append(" : ");
+    builder.append(resInf.getMemorySize());
+    builder.append(", ");
+    builder.append("\"vCores\"");
+    builder.append(" : ");
+    builder.append(resInf.getVirtualCores());
+    builder.append("}");
+    return builder.toString();
+  }
+
+  public static FederationQueue parseQueue(String queueJson)
+      throws IOException {
+    JsonFactory jsonF = new JsonFactory();
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    Map jsonMap = mapper.readValue(jsonF.createParser(queueJson), Map.class);
+    FederationQueue fq = parseFedQueue(jsonMap);
+    fq.propagateCapacities();
+    return fq;
+  }
+
+  private static FederationQueue parseFedQueue(Map jsonMap) {
+    FederationQueue fq = new FederationQueue(new Configuration());
+    fq.setQueueName(jsonMap.get("queueName").toString());
+    fq.setSubClusterId(SubClusterId.newInstance(
+        ((Map)(jsonMap.get("scope"))).get("id").toString()));
+    if (jsonMap.get("guarCap") != null) {
+      fq.setGuarCap(parseResource((Map)jsonMap.get("guarCap")));
+    }
+    if (jsonMap.get("maxCap") != null) {
+      fq.setMaxCap(parseResource((Map)jsonMap.get("maxCap")));
+    }
+    if (jsonMap.get("usedCap") != null) {
+      fq.setUsedCap(parseResource((Map)jsonMap.get("usedCap")));
+    }
+    if (jsonMap.get("totCap") != null) {
+      fq.setTotCap(parseResource((Map)jsonMap.get("totCap")));
+    }
+    if (jsonMap.get("demandCap") != null) {
+      fq.setDemandCap(parseResource((Map)jsonMap.get("demandCap")));
+    }
+    if (jsonMap.get("children") != null) {
+      List children = (List) jsonMap.get("children");
+      Map<String, FederationQueue> childrenFedQueue = new HashMap<>();
+      for (Object o : children) {
+        FederationQueue child = parseFedQueue((Map)(o));
+        childrenFedQueue.put(child.getQueueName(), child);
+      }
+      fq.setChildren(childrenFedQueue);
+    }
+    return fq;
+  }
+
+  private static Resource parseResource(Map resMap) {
+    Resource res = Resource.newInstance(0, 0);
+    if (resMap.get("memory") != null) {
+      res.setMemorySize(Integer.parseInt(resMap.get("memory").toString()));
+    }
+    if (resMap.get("vCores") != null) {
+      res.setVirtualCores(Integer.parseInt(resMap.get("vCores").toString()));
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/TestFederationQueue.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/TestFederationQueue.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d20c631b224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/globalpolicygenerator/globalqueues/TestFederationQueue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you 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
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * 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 org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.globalpolicygenerator.globalqueues;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.globalpolicygenerator.globalqueues.GlobalQueueTestUtil.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.federation.store.records.SubClusterId;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides simple tests for the {@code FederationQueue} data class.
+ */
+public class TestFederationQueue {
+  public static final Logger LOG =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestFederationQueue.class);
+
+  @Test
+  public void testParseQueue() throws Exception {
+    String queueJson = loadFile("globalqueues/tree-queue.json");
+    FederationQueue fq = parseQueue(queueJson);
+    fq.validate();
+    Assert.assertEquals("root", fq.getQueueName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(2, fq.getChildren().size());
+    Assert.assertEquals(100000, fq.getGuarCap().getMemorySize());
+
+    FederationQueue queueA = fq.getChildByName("A");
+    Assert.assertEquals(2, queueA.getChildren().size());
+    Assert.assertEquals(750, queueA.getUsedCap().getVirtualCores());
+  }
+
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMergeFedQueue() throws Exception {
+    List<FederationQueue> toMerge = generateFedCluster();
+
+    FederationQueue merged =
+        FederationQueue.mergeQueues(toMerge,
+            SubClusterId.newInstance("merged"));
+
+    merged.propagateCapacities();
+    merged.validate();
+    LOG.info(merged.toQuickString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPropagateFedQueue() throws Exception {
+
+    String queueJson = loadFile("globalqueues/tree-queue-adaptable.json");
+
+    int numSubclusters = 10;
+
+    Resource guar = Resource.newInstance(5 * 1024, 10);
+    Resource max = Resource.newInstance(8 * 1024, 10);
+    Resource used = Resource.newInstance(4 * 1024, 10);
+    Resource dem = Resource.newInstance(1 * 1024, 10);
+
+    List<FederationQueue> toMerge = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < numSubclusters; i++) {
+      queueJson = String.format(queueJson, "A1", toJSONString(guar),
+          toJSONString(max), toJSONString(used), toJSONString(dem));
+      FederationQueue temp = parseQueue(queueJson);
+      temp.propagateCapacities();
+      temp.validate();
+      toMerge.add(temp);
+    }
+
+    FederationQueue merged =
+        FederationQueue.mergeQueues(toMerge,
+            SubClusterId.newInstance("merged"));
+
+    merged.propagateCapacities();
+    merged.validate();
+
+    LOG.info(merged.toQuickString());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/basic-queue.json b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/basic-queue.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14f10f95f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/basic-queue.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "queueName" : "%s",
+  "totCap" : %s,
+  "guarCap" : %s,
+  "maxCap" : %s,
+  "usedCap" : %s,
+  "demandCap" : %s,
+  "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"}
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue-adaptable.json b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue-adaptable.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1cb43b2d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue-adaptable.json
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+{
+  "queueName": "root",
+  "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"},
+  "totCap": {
+    "memory": "100000",
+    "vCores": "1000"
+  },
+  "guarCap": {
+    "memory": "100000",
+    "vCores": "1000"
+  },
+  "maxCap": {
+    "memory": "100000",
+    "vCores": "1000"
+  },
+  "usedCap": {
+    "memory": "50000",
+    "vCores": "500"
+  },
+  "demandCap": {
+    "memory": "1000",
+    "vCores": "10"
+  },
+  "children": [
+    {
+      "queueName": "A",
+      "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"},
+      "guarCap": {
+        "memory": "50000",
+        "vCores": "500"
+      },
+      "maxCap": {
+        "memory": "100000",
+        "vCores": "1000"
+      },
+      "usedCap": {
+        "memory": "25000",
+        "vCores": "250"
+      },
+      "demandCap": {
+        "memory": "0",
+        "vCores": "0"
+      },
+      "children": [
+        {
+          "queueName": "%s",
+          "guarCap": %s,
+          "maxCap": %s,
+          "usedCap": %s,
+          "demandCap": %s,
+          "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"}
+        },
+        {
+          "queueName": "A2",
+          "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"},
+          "guarCap": {
+            "memory": "0",
+            "vCores": "0"
+          },
+          "maxCap": {
+            "memory": "100000",
+            "vCores": "1000"
+          },
+          "usedCap": {
+            "memory": "0",
+            "vCores": "0"
+          },
+          "demandCap": {
+            "memory": "0",
+            "vCores": "0"
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+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue.json b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3f25328485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-globalpolicygenerator/src/test/resources/globalqueues/tree-queue.json
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+{
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+  "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"},
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+    "vCores": "1000"
+  },
+  "guarCap": {
+    "memory": "100000",
+    "vCores": "1000"
+  },
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+    "memory": "100000",
+    "vCores": "1000"
+  },
+  "usedCap": {
+    "memory": "100000",
+    "vCores": "1000"
+  },
+  "demandCap": {
+    "memory": "1000",
+    "vCores": "10"
+  },
+  "testExpectedToBePreempted": {
+    "memory": "0",
+    "vCores": "0"
+  },
+  "children": [
+    {
+      "queueName": "A",
+      "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"},
+      "guarCap": {
+        "memory": "50000",
+        "vCores": "500"
+      },
+      "maxCap": {
+        "memory": "100000",
+        "vCores": "1000"
+      },
+      "usedCap": {
+        "memory": "75000",
+        "vCores": "750"
+      },
+      "demandCap": {
+        "memory": "0",
+        "vCores": "0"
+      },
+      "testExpectedToBePreempted": {
+        "memory": "10000",
+        "vCores": "100"
+      },
+      "children": [
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+          "queueName": "A1",
+          "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"},
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+          },
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+          },
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+          },
+          "demandCap": {
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+          },
+          "testExpectedToBePreempted": {
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+            "vCores": "100"
+          }
+        },
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+          "scope" : {"id" : "sc1"},
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+      },
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+        "vCores": "0"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}