+START_TEST (test_api_strings)
+{
+ printf ("--- Invalid api strings ---\n");
+
+ /* test string 'TEST'
+ * size = 5
+ * length = 4
+ */
+ const char str[] = "TEST";
+ u8 *vec_str = 0, *vstr = 0;
+ char *cstr;
+
+ vapi_msg_sw_interface_dump *dump =
+ malloc (sizeof (vapi_msg_sw_interface_dump) + strlen (str));
+ clib_mem_init (0, 1 << 20);
+
+ vl_api_c_string_to_api_string (str, &dump->payload.name_filter);
+ /* Assert nul terminator NOT present */
+ ck_assert_int_eq (vl_api_string_len (&dump->payload.name_filter),
+ strlen (str));
+
+ cstr = vl_api_from_api_to_new_c_string (&dump->payload.name_filter);
+ ck_assert_ptr_ne (cstr, NULL);
+ /* Assert nul terminator present */
+ ck_assert_int_eq (vec_len (cstr), sizeof (str));
+ ck_assert_int_eq (strlen (str), strlen (cstr));
+ vec_free (cstr);
+
+ vstr = vl_api_from_api_to_new_vec (&dump->payload.name_filter);
+ ck_assert_ptr_ne (vstr, NULL);
+ /* Assert nul terminator NOT present */
+ ck_assert_int_eq (vec_len (vstr), strlen (str));
+ vec_free (vstr);
+
+ /* vector conaining NON nul terminated string 'TEST' */
+ vec_add (vec_str, str, strlen (str));
+ clib_memset (dump->payload.name_filter.buf, 0, strlen (str));
+ dump->payload.name_filter.length = 0;
+
+ vl_api_vec_to_api_string (vec_str, &dump->payload.name_filter);
+ /* Assert nul terminator NOT present */
+ ck_assert_int_eq (vl_api_string_len (&dump->payload.name_filter),
+ vec_len (vec_str));
+
+ cstr = vl_api_from_api_to_new_c_string (&dump->payload.name_filter);
+ ck_assert_ptr_ne (cstr, NULL);
+ /* Assert nul terminator present */
+ ck_assert_int_eq (vec_len (cstr), sizeof (str));
+ ck_assert_int_eq (strlen (str), strlen (cstr));
+ vec_free (cstr);
+
+ vstr = vl_api_from_api_to_new_vec (&dump->payload.name_filter);
+ ck_assert_ptr_ne (vstr, NULL);
+ /* Assert nul terminator NOT present */
+ ck_assert_int_eq (vec_len (vstr), strlen (str));
+ vec_free (vstr);
+}
+
+END_TEST;
+