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+// Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// 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 test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/google/cadvisor/container"
+	"github.com/google/cadvisor/info"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+)
+
+// This struct mocks a container handler.
+type MockContainerHandler struct {
+	mock.Mock
+	Name    string
+	Aliases []string
+}
+
+// If self.Name is not empty, then ContainerReference() will return self.Name and self.Aliases.
+// Otherwise, it will use the value provided by .On().Return().
+func (self *MockContainerHandler) ContainerReference() (info.ContainerReference, error) {
+	if len(self.Name) > 0 {
+		var aliases []string
+		if len(self.Aliases) > 0 {
+			aliases = make([]string, len(self.Aliases))
+			copy(aliases, self.Aliases)
+		}
+		return info.ContainerReference{
+			Name:    self.Name,
+			Aliases: aliases,
+		}, nil
+	}
+	args := self.Called()
+	return args.Get(0).(info.ContainerReference), args.Error(1)
+}
+
+func (self *MockContainerHandler) GetSpec() (*info.ContainerSpec, error) {
+	args := self.Called()
+	return args.Get(0).(*info.ContainerSpec), args.Error(1)
+}
+
+func (self *MockContainerHandler) GetStats() (*info.ContainerStats, error) {
+	args := self.Called()
+	return args.Get(0).(*info.ContainerStats), args.Error(1)
+}
+
+func (self *MockContainerHandler) ListContainers(listType container.ListType) ([]info.ContainerReference, error) {
+	args := self.Called()
+	return args.Get(0).([]info.ContainerReference), args.Error(1)
+}
+
+func (self *MockContainerHandler) ListThreads(listType container.ListType) ([]int, error) {
+	args := self.Called()
+	return args.Get(0).([]int), args.Error(1)
+}
+
+func (self *MockContainerHandler) ListProcesses(listType container.ListType) ([]int, error) {
+	args := self.Called()
+	return args.Get(0).([]int), args.Error(1)
+}
+
+type FactoryForMockContainerHandler struct {
+	Name                        string
+	PrepareContainerHandlerFunc func(name string, handler *MockContainerHandler)
+}
+
+func (self *FactoryForMockContainerHandler) String() string {
+	return self.Name
+}
+
+func (self *FactoryForMockContainerHandler) NewContainerHandler(name string) (container.ContainerHandler, error) {
+	handler := &MockContainerHandler{}
+	if self.PrepareContainerHandlerFunc != nil {
+		self.PrepareContainerHandlerFunc(name, handler)
+	}
+	return handler, nil
+}