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+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+package org.elasticsearch.xdcr;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats.ShardStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.reindex.ReindexPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.translog.Translog;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackSettings;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackSingleNodeTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.xdcr.action.ShardChangesAction;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class ShardChangesTests extends XPackSingleNodeTestCase {
+
+    @Override
+    protected Settings nodeSettings()  {
+        Settings.Builder newSettings = Settings.builder();
+        newSettings.put(super.nodeSettings());
+        newSettings.put(XPackSettings.SECURITY_ENABLED.getKey(), false);
+        newSettings.put(XPackSettings.MONITORING_ENABLED.getKey(), false);
+        newSettings.put(XPackSettings.WATCHER_ENABLED.getKey(), false);
+        newSettings.put(XPackSettings.MACHINE_LEARNING_ENABLED.getKey(), false);
+        newSettings.put(XPackSettings.LOGSTASH_ENABLED.getKey(), false);
+        return newSettings.build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getPlugins() {
+        return pluginList(XPackPlugin.class, ReindexPlugin.class);
+    }
+
+    public void testReadOperations() throws Exception {
+        client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("index")
+                .setSettings(Settings.builder().put("index.number_of_shards", 1))
+                .setSettings(Settings.builder().put("index.number_of_replicas", 0))
+                .get();
+
+        client().prepareIndex("index", "doc", "1").setSource("{}", XContentType.JSON).get();
+        client().prepareIndex("index", "doc", "2").setSource("{}", XContentType.JSON).get();
+        client().prepareIndex("index", "doc", "3").setSource("{}", XContentType.JSON).get();
+
+        ShardStats shardStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("index").get().getIndex("index").getShards()[0];
+        long globalCheckPoint = shardStats.getSeqNoStats().getGlobalCheckpoint();
+        assertThat(globalCheckPoint, equalTo(2L));
+
+        ShardChangesAction.Request request = new ShardChangesAction.Request(shardStats.getShardRouting().shardId());
+        request.setMinSeqNo(0L);
+        request.setMaxSeqNo(globalCheckPoint);
+        ShardChangesAction.Response response = client().execute(ShardChangesAction.INSTANCE, request).get();
+        assertThat(response.getOperations().size(), equalTo(3));
+        Translog.Index operation = (Translog.Index) response.getOperations().get(0);
+        assertThat(operation.seqNo(), equalTo(0L));
+        assertThat(operation.id(), equalTo("1"));
+
+        operation = (Translog.Index) response.getOperations().get(1);
+        assertThat(operation.seqNo(), equalTo(1L));
+        assertThat(operation.id(), equalTo("2"));
+
+        operation = (Translog.Index) response.getOperations().get(2);
+        assertThat(operation.seqNo(), equalTo(2L));
+        assertThat(operation.id(), equalTo("3"));
+
+        client().prepareIndex("index", "doc", "3").setSource("{}", XContentType.JSON).get();
+        client().prepareIndex("index", "doc", "4").setSource("{}", XContentType.JSON).get();
+        client().prepareIndex("index", "doc", "5").setSource("{}", XContentType.JSON).get();
+
+        shardStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("index").get().getIndex("index").getShards()[0];
+        globalCheckPoint = shardStats.getSeqNoStats().getGlobalCheckpoint();
+        assertThat(globalCheckPoint, equalTo(5L));
+
+        request = new ShardChangesAction.Request(shardStats.getShardRouting().shardId());
+        request.setMinSeqNo(3L);
+        request.setMaxSeqNo(globalCheckPoint);
+        response = client().execute(ShardChangesAction.INSTANCE, request).get();
+        assertThat(response.getOperations().size(), equalTo(3));
+        operation = (Translog.Index) response.getOperations().get(0);
+        assertThat(operation.seqNo(), equalTo(3L));
+        assertThat(operation.id(), equalTo("3"));
+
+        operation = (Translog.Index) response.getOperations().get(1);
+        assertThat(operation.seqNo(), equalTo(4L));
+        assertThat(operation.id(), equalTo("4"));
+
+        operation = (Translog.Index) response.getOperations().get(2);
+        assertThat(operation.seqNo(), equalTo(5L));
+        assertThat(operation.id(), equalTo("5"));
+    }
+
+}