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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 logs
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	o := NewOptions()
+	fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("addflagstest", pflag.ContinueOnError)
+	output := bytes.Buffer{}
+	o.AddFlags(fs)
+	fs.SetOutput(&output)
+	fs.PrintDefaults()
+	want := `      --experimental-logging-sanitization   [Experimental] When enabled prevents logging of fields tagged as sensitive (passwords, keys, tokens).
+                                            Runtime log sanitization may introduce significant computation overhead and therefore should not be enabled in production.
+      --logging-format string               Sets the log format. Permitted formats: "json", "text".
+                                            Non-default formats don't honor these flags: --add_dir_header, --alsologtostderr, --log_backtrace_at, --log_dir, --log_file, --log_file_max_size, --logtostderr, --one_output, --skip_headers, --skip_log_headers, --stderrthreshold, --vmodule, --log-flush-frequency.
+                                            Non-default choices are currently alpha and subject to change without warning. (default "text")
+`
+	if !assert.Equal(t, want, output.String()) {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong list of flags. expect %q, got %q", want, output.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	testcases := []struct {
+		name string
+		args []string
+		want *Options
+		errs []error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Default log format",
+			want: NewOptions(),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Text log format",
+			args: []string{"--logging-format=text"},
+			want: NewOptions(),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "JSON log format",
+			args: []string{"--logging-format=json"},
+			want: &Options{
+				LogFormat: jsonLogFormat,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "log sanitization",
+			args: []string{"--experimental-logging-sanitization"},
+			want: &Options{
+				LogFormat:       defaultLogFormat,
+				LogSanitization: true,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Unsupported log format",
+			args: []string{"--logging-format=test"},
+			want: &Options{
+				LogFormat: "test",
+			},
+			errs: []error{fmt.Errorf("unsupported log format: test")},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			o := NewOptions()
+			fs := pflag.NewFlagSet("addflagstest", pflag.ContinueOnError)
+			o.AddFlags(fs)
+			fs.Parse(tc.args)
+			if !assert.Equal(t, tc.want, o) {
+				t.Errorf("Wrong Validate() result for %q. expect %v, got %v", tc.name, tc.want, o)
+			}
+			errs := o.Validate()
+			if !assert.ElementsMatch(t, tc.errs, errs) {
+				t.Errorf("Wrong Validate() result for %q. expect %v, got %v", tc.name, tc.errs, errs)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}