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+/*
+Copyright 2016 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 e2e
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated/federation_release_1_4"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+const (
+	FederationReplicaSetName = "federation-replicaset"
+)
+
+// Create/delete replicaset api objects
+var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Federation replicasets [Feature:Federation]", func() {
+	f := framework.NewDefaultFederatedFramework("federation-replicaset")
+
+	Describe("ReplicaSet objects", func() {
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			framework.SkipUnlessFederated(f.Client)
+
+			// Delete registered replicasets.
+			replicasetList, err := f.FederationClientset_1_4.Extensions().ReplicaSets(f.Namespace.Name).List(api.ListOptions{})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			for _, replicaset := range replicasetList.Items {
+				err := f.FederationClientset_1_4.Extensions().ReplicaSets(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(replicaset.Name, &api.DeleteOptions{})
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			}
+		})
+
+		It("should be created and deleted successfully", func() {
+			framework.SkipUnlessFederated(f.Client)
+			replicaset := createReplicaSetOrFail(f.FederationClientset_1_4, f.Namespace.Name)
+			By(fmt.Sprintf("Creation of replicaset %q in namespace %q succeeded.  Deleting replicaset.", replicaset.Name, f.Namespace.Name))
+			// Cleanup
+			err := f.FederationClientset_1_4.Extensions().ReplicaSets(f.Namespace.Name).Delete(replicaset.Name, &api.DeleteOptions{})
+			framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Error deleting replicaset %q in namespace %q", replicaset.Name, replicaset.Namespace)
+			By(fmt.Sprintf("Deletion of replicaset %q in namespace %q succeeded.", replicaset.Name, f.Namespace.Name))
+		})
+
+	})
+})
+
+func createReplicaSetOrFail(clientset *federation_release_1_4.Clientset, namespace string) *v1beta1.ReplicaSet {
+	if clientset == nil || len(namespace) == 0 {
+		Fail(fmt.Sprintf("Internal error: invalid parameters passed to createReplicaSetOrFail: clientset: %v, namespace: %v", clientset, namespace))
+	}
+	By(fmt.Sprintf("Creating federation replicaset %q in namespace %q", FederationReplicaSetName, namespace))
+
+	replicas := int32(5)
+	replicaset := &v1beta1.ReplicaSet{
+		ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: FederationReplicaSetName,
+		},
+		Spec: v1beta1.ReplicaSetSpec{
+			Replicas: &replicas,
+			Template: v1.PodTemplateSpec{
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Labels: map[string]string{"name": "myrs"},
+				},
+				Spec: v1.PodSpec{
+					Containers: []v1.Container{
+						{
+							Name:  "nginx",
+							Image: "nginx",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := clientset.Extensions().ReplicaSets(namespace).Create(replicaset)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err, "Creating replicaset %q in namespace %q", replicaset.Name, namespace)
+	By(fmt.Sprintf("Successfully created federation replicaset %q in namespace %q", FederationReplicaSetName, namespace))
+	return replicaset
+}