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+package jolokia
+
+import (
+	_ "fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	_ "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+const validMultiValueJSON = `
+{
+  "request":{
+    "mbean":"java.lang:type=Memory",
+    "attribute":"HeapMemoryUsage",
+    "type":"read"
+  },
+  "value":{
+    "init":67108864,
+    "committed":456130560,
+    "max":477626368,
+    "used":203288528
+  },
+  "timestamp":1446129191,
+  "status":200
+}`
+
+const validSingleValueJSON = `
+{
+  "request":{
+    "path":"used",
+    "mbean":"java.lang:type=Memory",
+    "attribute":"HeapMemoryUsage",
+    "type":"read"
+  },
+  "value":209274376,
+  "timestamp":1446129256,
+  "status":200
+}`
+
+const invalidJSON = "I don't think this is JSON"
+
+const empty = ""
+
+var Servers = []Server{Server{Name: "as1", Host: "127.0.0.1", Port: "8080"}}
+var HeapMetric = Metric{Name: "heap_memory_usage", Jmx: "/java.lang:type=Memory/HeapMemoryUsage"}
+var UsedHeapMetric = Metric{Name: "heap_memory_usage", Jmx: "/java.lang:type=Memory/HeapMemoryUsage", Pass: []string{"used"}}
+
+type jolokiaClientStub struct {
+	responseBody string
+	statusCode   int
+}
+
+func (c jolokiaClientStub) MakeRequest(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	resp := http.Response{}
+	resp.StatusCode = c.statusCode
+	resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(c.responseBody))
+	return &resp, nil
+}
+
+// Generates a pointer to an HttpJson object that uses a mock HTTP client.
+// Parameters:
+//     response  : Body of the response that the mock HTTP client should return
+//     statusCode: HTTP status code the mock HTTP client should return
+//
+// Returns:
+//     *HttpJson: Pointer to an HttpJson object that uses the generated mock HTTP client
+func genJolokiaClientStub(response string, statusCode int, servers []Server, metrics []Metric) *Jolokia {
+	return &Jolokia{
+		jClient: jolokiaClientStub{responseBody: response, statusCode: statusCode},
+		Servers: servers,
+		Metrics: metrics,
+	}
+}
+
+// Test that the proper values are ignored or collected
+func TestHttpJsonMultiValue(t *testing.T) {
+
+	jolokia := genJolokiaClientStub(validMultiValueJSON, 200, Servers, []Metric{HeapMetric})
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := jolokia.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acc.Points))
+
+	assert.True(t, acc.CheckFieldsValue("heap_memory_usage", map[string]interface{}{"init": 67108864.0,
+		"committed": 456130560.0,
+		"max":       477626368.0,
+		"used":      203288528.0}))
+}
+
+// Test that the proper values are ignored or collected
+func TestHttpJsonMultiValueWithPass(t *testing.T) {
+
+	jolokia := genJolokiaClientStub(validMultiValueJSON, 200, Servers, []Metric{UsedHeapMetric})
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := jolokia.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acc.Points))
+
+	assert.True(t, acc.CheckFieldsValue("heap_memory_usage", map[string]interface{}{"used": 203288528.0}))
+}
+
+// Test that the proper values are ignored or collected
+func TestHttpJsonMultiValueTags(t *testing.T) {
+
+	jolokia := genJolokiaClientStub(validMultiValueJSON, 200, Servers, []Metric{UsedHeapMetric})
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := jolokia.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acc.Points))
+	assert.NoError(t, acc.ValidateTaggedFieldsValue("heap_memory_usage", map[string]interface{}{"used": 203288528.0}, map[string]string{"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "8080", "server": "as1"}))
+}
+
+// Test that the proper values are ignored or collected
+func TestHttpJsonSingleValueTags(t *testing.T) {
+
+	jolokia := genJolokiaClientStub(validSingleValueJSON, 200, Servers, []Metric{UsedHeapMetric})
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := jolokia.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acc.Points))
+	assert.NoError(t, acc.ValidateTaggedFieldsValue("heap_memory_usage", map[string]interface{}{"value": 209274376.0}, map[string]string{"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "8080", "server": "as1"}))
+}
+
+// Test that the proper values are ignored or collected
+func TestHttpJsonOn404(t *testing.T) {
+
+	jolokia := genJolokiaClientStub(validMultiValueJSON, 404, Servers, []Metric{UsedHeapMetric})
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := jolokia.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(acc.Points))
+}