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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+from unittest import TestCase, main
+from pyvoltha.common.utils.indexpool import IndexPool
+
+class TestIndexPool(TestCase):
+    pool = IndexPool(8, 0)
+    def test_01_get_next(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.pool.indices.bin, '00000000')
+        for i in range(8):
+            self.assertEqual(self.pool.get_next(), i)
+        #to check if there's any bit left after using all 8 bits
+        self.assertIsNone(self.pool.get_next())
+
+    def test_02_pre_allocate(self):
+        _pool2 = IndexPool(8, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(_pool2.indices.bin, '00000000')
+        _pool2.pre_allocate((0,1,2,))
+        self.assertEqual(_pool2.indices.bin, '11100000')
+
+    def test_03_release(self):
+        self.pool.release(5)
+        self.assertEqual(self.pool.indices.bin, '11111011')
+        self.pool.release(10)
+        self.assertEqual(self.pool.indices.bin, '11111011')
+        self.pool.release(0)
+        self.assertEqual(self.pool.indices.bin, '01111011')
+
+    def test_04_check_offset(self):
+        _offset = 5
+        self.pool = IndexPool(8, _offset)
+        for i in range(8):
+            self.assertEqual(self.pool.get_next(), _offset + i)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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