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+/*
+ * Portions copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ * Original copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"github.com/opencord/cordctl/testutils"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStatusList(t *testing.T) {
+	// use `python -m json.tool` to pretty-print json
+	expected := `[
+		{
+			"Component": "Database",
+			"Connection": "xos-db:5432",
+			"Name": "xos",
+			"Status": "OPERATIONAL",
+			"Version": "10.3"
+		}
+	]`
+
+	got := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	OutputStream = got
+
+	var options StatusOpts
+	options.List.OutputAs = "json"
+	err := options.List.Execute([]string{})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s: Received error %v", t.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	testutils.AssertJSONEqual(t, got.String(), expected)
+}