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+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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 remote
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	runtimeapi "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func makePodSandboxMetadata(name, namespace, uid string) *runtimeapi.PodSandboxMetadata {
+	return &runtimeapi.PodSandboxMetadata{
+		Name:      name,
+		Namespace: namespace,
+		Uid:       uid,
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVerifySandboxStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	ct := int64(1)
+	metaWithoutName := makePodSandboxMetadata("", "bar", "1")
+	metaWithoutNamespace := makePodSandboxMetadata("foo", "", "1")
+	metaWithoutUid := makePodSandboxMetadata("foo", "bar", "")
+
+	statuses := []struct {
+		input    *runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus
+		expected error
+	}{
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus{
+				CreatedAt: ct,
+				Metadata:  makePodSandboxMetadata("foo", "bar", "1"),
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.Id is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus{
+				Id:        "1",
+				CreatedAt: ct,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.Metadata is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus{
+				Id:        "2",
+				CreatedAt: ct,
+				Metadata:  metaWithoutName,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("metadata.Name, metadata.Namespace or metadata.Uid is not in metadata %q", metaWithoutName),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus{
+				Id:        "3",
+				CreatedAt: ct,
+				Metadata:  metaWithoutNamespace,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("metadata.Name, metadata.Namespace or metadata.Uid is not in metadata %q", metaWithoutNamespace),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus{
+				Id:        "4",
+				CreatedAt: ct,
+				Metadata:  metaWithoutUid,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("metadata.Name, metadata.Namespace or metadata.Uid is not in metadata %q", metaWithoutUid),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus{
+				Id:       "5",
+				Metadata: makePodSandboxMetadata("foo", "bar", "1"),
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.CreatedAt is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.PodSandboxStatus{
+				Id:        "6",
+				CreatedAt: ct,
+				Metadata:  makePodSandboxMetadata("foo", "bar", "1"),
+			},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, status := range statuses {
+		actual := verifySandboxStatus(status.input)
+		if actual != nil {
+			assert.EqualError(t, actual, status.expected.Error())
+		} else {
+			assert.Nil(t, status.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVerifyContainerStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	meta := &runtimeapi.ContainerMetadata{Name: "cname", Attempt: 3}
+	metaWithoutName := &runtimeapi.ContainerMetadata{Attempt: 3}
+	imageSpec := &runtimeapi.ImageSpec{Image: "fimage"}
+	imageSpecWithoutImage := &runtimeapi.ImageSpec{}
+
+	statuses := []struct {
+		input    *runtimeapi.ContainerStatus
+		expected error
+	}{
+		{
+			input:    &runtimeapi.ContainerStatus{},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.Id is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.ContainerStatus{
+				Id: "1",
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.Metadata is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.ContainerStatus{
+				Id:       "2",
+				Metadata: metaWithoutName,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("metadata.Name is not in metadata %q", metaWithoutName),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.ContainerStatus{
+				Id:       "3",
+				Metadata: meta,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.CreatedAt is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.ContainerStatus{
+				Id:        "4",
+				Metadata:  meta,
+				CreatedAt: 1,
+				Image:     imageSpecWithoutImage,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.Image is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.ContainerStatus{
+				Id:        "5",
+				Metadata:  meta,
+				Image:     imageSpec,
+				CreatedAt: 1,
+			},
+			expected: fmt.Errorf("status.ImageRef is not set"),
+		},
+		{
+			input: &runtimeapi.ContainerStatus{
+				Id:        "5",
+				Metadata:  meta,
+				Image:     imageSpec,
+				CreatedAt: 1,
+				ImageRef:  "Ref-1",
+			},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, status := range statuses {
+		actual := verifyContainerStatus(status.input)
+		if actual != nil {
+			assert.EqualError(t, actual, status.expected.Error())
+		} else {
+			assert.Nil(t, status.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}