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-/*
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-
-package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.client;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ClusterStatus;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MediumTests;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.HBaseRESTTestingUtility;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.model.StorageClusterStatusModel;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.model.TableModel;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rest.model.VersionModel;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
-
-@Category(MediumTests.class)
-public class TestRemoteAdmin {
-  private static final HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL =
-    new HBaseTestingUtility();
-  private static final HBaseRESTTestingUtility REST_TEST_UTIL =
-    new HBaseRESTTestingUtility();
-  private static final String TABLE_1 = "TestRemoteAdmin_Table_1";
-  private static final String TABLE_2 = TABLE_1 + System.currentTimeMillis();
-  private static final byte[] COLUMN_1 = Bytes.toBytes("a");
-  static final HTableDescriptor DESC_1 =  new HTableDescriptor(TABLE_1);
-  static final HTableDescriptor DESC_2 =  new HTableDescriptor(TABLE_2);
-  private static RemoteAdmin remoteAdmin;
-
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
-    DESC_1.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(COLUMN_1));
-
-    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster();
-    REST_TEST_UTIL.startServletContainer(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
-
-    remoteAdmin = new RemoteAdmin(new Client(
-      new Cluster().add("localhost", REST_TEST_UTIL.getServletPort())),
-      TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
-  }
-
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
-    REST_TEST_UTIL.shutdownServletContainer();
-    TEST_UTIL.shutdownMiniCluster();
-  }
-
-  @Ignore ("See hbase-8965; REENABLE") @Test
-  public void testCreateAnDeleteTable() throws Exception {
-    final String tableName = "testCreateAnDeleteTable";
-    HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor(tableName);
-    assertFalse(remoteAdmin.isTableAvailable(tableName));
-    remoteAdmin.createTable(htd);
-    assertTrue(remoteAdmin.isTableAvailable(tableName));
-    remoteAdmin.deleteTable(tableName);
-    assertFalse(remoteAdmin.isTableAvailable(tableName));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testGetRestVersion() throws Exception {
-
-    VersionModel RETURNED_REST_VERSION = remoteAdmin.getRestVersion();
-    System.out.print("Returned version is: " + RETURNED_REST_VERSION);
-
-    // Assert that it contains info about rest version, OS, JVM
-    assertTrue("Returned REST version did not contain info about rest.",
-        RETURNED_REST_VERSION.toString().contains("rest"));
-    assertTrue("Returned REST version did not contain info about the JVM.",
-        RETURNED_REST_VERSION.toString().contains("JVM"));
-    assertTrue("Returned REST version did not contain info about OS.",
-        RETURNED_REST_VERSION.toString().contains("OS"));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testClusterVersion() throws Exception {
-    // testing the /version/cluster endpoint
-    final String HBASE_VERSION = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getClusterStatus()
-        .getHBaseVersion();
-    assertEquals("Cluster status from REST API did not match. ", HBASE_VERSION,
-        remoteAdmin.getClusterVersion().getVersion());
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testClusterStatus() throws Exception {
-    ClusterStatus status = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseClusterInterface().getClusterStatus();
-    StorageClusterStatusModel returnedStatus = remoteAdmin.getClusterStatus();
-    assertEquals("Region count from cluster status and returned status did not match up",
-      status.getRegionsCount(), returnedStatus.getRegions());
-    assertEquals(
-        "Dead server count from cluster status and returned status did not match up",
-        status.getDeadServers(), returnedStatus.getDeadNodes().size());
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testListTables() throws Exception {
-
-    remoteAdmin.createTable(DESC_2);
-    List<TableModel> tableList = remoteAdmin.getTableList().getTables();
-    System.out.println("List of tables is: ");
-    boolean found = false;
-    for (TableModel tm : tableList) {
-
-      if (tm.getName().equals(TABLE_2)) {
-        found = true;
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    assertTrue("Table " + TABLE_2 + " was not found by get request to '/'",
-        found);
-  }
-}
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