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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2014  Stefan Schroeder
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+package jsprit.core.problem.io;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.box.GreedySchrimpfFactory;
+import jsprit.core.analysis.SolutionAnalyser;
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
+import jsprit.core.problem.job.Service;
+import jsprit.core.problem.solution.VehicleRoutingProblemSolution;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleImpl;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleType;
+import jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleTypeImpl;
+import jsprit.core.util.Coordinate;
+import jsprit.core.util.Solutions;
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Created by schroeder on 04.12.14.
+ */
+public class VrpJsonWriterTest {
+
+    private VehicleRoutingProblem vrp;
+
+    private VehicleRoutingProblemSolution solution;
+
+    private JsonNode root;
+
+    @Before
+    public void doBefore(){
+        VehicleType type = VehicleTypeImpl.Builder.newInstance("type").addCapacityDimension(0,20).build();
+        VehicleImpl v = VehicleImpl.Builder.newInstance("v").setStartLocationId("start").setStartLocationCoordinate(Coordinate.newInstance(10,40))
+                .setEndLocationId("end").setEndLocationCoordinate(Coordinate.newInstance(50,20)).setReturnToDepot(true)
+                .setType(type)
+                .build();
+        Service s = Service.Builder.newInstance("s").setCoord(Coordinate.newInstance(50,60)).addSizeDimension(0,10).build();
+        vrp = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance().addVehicle(v).addJob(s).build();
+        solution = Solutions.bestOf(new GreedySchrimpfFactory().createAlgorithm(vrp).searchSolutions());
+        File out = new File("src/test/resources/vrp-solution.json");
+        new VrpJsonWriter(vrp,solution,new SolutionAnalyser.DistanceCalculator() {
+            @Override
+            public double getDistance(String fromLocationId, String toLocationId) {
+                return vrp.getTransportCosts().getTransportCost(fromLocationId,toLocationId,0.,null,null);
+            }
+        }).write(out);
+        ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+        try {
+            root = om.readTree(out).path("solution");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void solutionValShouldBeCorrect(){
+        Assert.assertEquals(solution.getCost(),root.path("costs").asDouble(),0.01);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void fixShouldBeCorrect(){
+        Assert.assertEquals(0.,root.path("fixed_costs").asDouble(),0.01);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void varShouldBeCorrect(){
+        Assert.assertEquals(solution.getCost(),root.path("variable_costs").asDouble(),0.01);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void timeShouldBeCorrect(){
+        Assert.assertEquals(solution.getCost(),root.path("time").asDouble(),0.01);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void distanceShouldBeCorrect(){
+        Assert.assertEquals(solution.getCost(),root.path("distance").asDouble(),0.01);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void noRoutesShouldBeCorrect(){
+        Assert.assertEquals(solution.getRoutes().size(),root.path("no_routes").asDouble(),0.01);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void noUnassignedShouldBeCorrect(){
+        Assert.assertEquals(solution.getUnassignedJobs().size(),root.path("no_unassigned").asDouble(),0.01);
+    }
+
+
+
+}