public static ClusterView convertStateModelMapToClusterView(
      String outFile, String instanceName, StateModelFactory<StateModel> stateModelFactory) {
    Map<String, StateModel> currentStateMap = stateModelFactory.getStateModelMap();
    ClusterView curView = new ClusterView();

    ClusterView.MemberInstance memberInstance = curView.getMemberInstance(instanceName, true);
    List<ZNRecord> curStateList = new ArrayList<ZNRecord>();

    for (Map.Entry<String, StateModel> entry : currentStateMap.entrySet()) {
      String stateUnitKey = entry.getKey();
      String curState = entry.getValue().getCurrentState();
      ZNRecord record = new ZNRecord(stateUnitKey);
      record.setSimpleField(stateUnitKey, curState);
      curStateList.add(record);
    }

    memberInstance.setInstanceProperty(PropertyType.CURRENTSTATES, curStateList);

    // serialize to file
    // String outFile = "/tmp/curClusterView_" + instanceName +".json";
    if (outFile != null) {
      // ClusterViewSerializer serializer = new
      // ClusterViewSerializer(outFile);
      // serializer.serialize(curView);
      ClusterViewSerializer.serialize(curView, new File(outFile));
    }

    return curView;
  }
  public static boolean verifyFileBasedClusterStates(
      String instanceName, String expectedFile, String curFile) {
    boolean ret = true;
    ClusterView expectedView = ClusterViewSerializer.deserialize(new File(expectedFile));
    ClusterView curView = ClusterViewSerializer.deserialize(new File(curFile));

    // ideal_state for instance with the given instanceName
    Map<String, String> idealStates = new HashMap<String, String>();
    for (ZNRecord idealStateItem : expectedView.getPropertyList(PropertyType.IDEALSTATES)) {
      Map<String, Map<String, String>> allIdealStates = idealStateItem.getMapFields();

      for (Map.Entry<String, Map<String, String>> entry : allIdealStates.entrySet()) {
        if (entry.getValue().containsKey(instanceName)) {
          String state = entry.getValue().get(instanceName);
          idealStates.put(entry.getKey(), state);
        }
      }
    }

    ClusterView.MemberInstance memberInstance = curView.getMemberInstance(instanceName, false);
    List<ZNRecord> curStateList = memberInstance.getInstanceProperty(PropertyType.CURRENTSTATES);

    if (curStateList == null && idealStates.size() > 0) {
      LOG.info("current state is null");
      return false;
    } else if (curStateList == null && idealStates.size() == 0) {
      LOG.info("empty current state and ideal state");
      return true;
    } else if (curStateList.size() != idealStates.size()) {
      LOG.info(
          "Number of current states ("
              + curStateList.size()
              + ") mismatch "
              + "number of ideal states ("
              + idealStates.size()
              + ")");
      return false;
    }

    for (ZNRecord record : curStateList) {
      String stateUnitKey = record.getId();
      String curState = record.getSimpleField(stateUnitKey);

      // if (!curState.equalsIgnoreCase("offline"))
      // nonOfflineNr++;

      if (!idealStates.containsKey(stateUnitKey)) {
        LOG.error("Current state does not contain " + stateUnitKey);
        ret = false;
        continue;
      }

      String idealState = idealStates.get(stateUnitKey);
      if (!curState.equalsIgnoreCase(idealState)) {
        LOG.error(
            "State mismatch--unit_key:"
                + stateUnitKey
                + " cur:"
                + curState
                + " ideal:"
                + idealState
                + " instance_name:"
                + instanceName);
        ret = false;
        continue;
      }
    }

    return ret;
  }
  public static ClusterView generateStaticConfigClusterView(
      String[] nodesInfo, List<DBParam> dbParams, int replica) {
    // create mock cluster view
    ClusterView view = new ClusterView();

    // add nodes
    List<ZNRecord> nodeConfigList = new ArrayList<ZNRecord>();
    List<String> instanceNames = new ArrayList<String>();

    Arrays.sort(
        nodesInfo,
        new Comparator<String>() {

          @Override
          public int compare(String str1, String str2) {
            return str1.compareTo(str2);
          }
        });

    // set CONFIGS
    for (String nodeInfo : nodesInfo) {
      int lastPos = nodeInfo.lastIndexOf(":");
      if (lastPos == -1) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            "nodeInfo should be in format of host:port, " + nodeInfo);
      }

      String host = nodeInfo.substring(0, lastPos);
      String port = nodeInfo.substring(lastPos + 1);
      String nodeId = host + "_" + port;
      ZNRecord nodeConfig = new ZNRecord(nodeId);

      nodeConfig.setSimpleField(
          InstanceConfigProperty.HELIX_ENABLED.toString(), Boolean.toString(true));
      nodeConfig.setSimpleField(InstanceConfigProperty.HELIX_HOST.toString(), host);
      nodeConfig.setSimpleField(InstanceConfigProperty.HELIX_PORT.toString(), port);

      instanceNames.add(nodeId);

      nodeConfigList.add(nodeConfig);
    }
    view.setClusterPropertyList(PropertyType.CONFIGS, nodeConfigList);

    // set IDEALSTATES
    // compute ideal states for each db
    List<ZNRecord> idealStates = new ArrayList<ZNRecord>();
    for (DBParam dbParam : dbParams) {
      ZNRecord result =
          IdealStateCalculatorByShuffling.calculateIdealState(
              instanceNames, dbParam.partitions, replica, dbParam.name);

      idealStates.add(result);
    }
    view.setClusterPropertyList(PropertyType.IDEALSTATES, idealStates);

    // calculate messages for transition using naive algorithm
    Map<String, List<ZNRecord>> msgListForInstance = new HashMap<String, List<ZNRecord>>();
    List<ZNRecord> idealStatesArray = view.getPropertyList(PropertyType.IDEALSTATES);
    for (ZNRecord idealStateRecord : idealStatesArray) {
      // IdealState idealState = new IdealState(idealStateRecord);

      List<Message> messages = computeMessagesForSimpleTransition(idealStateRecord);

      for (Message message : messages) {
        // logger.info("Sending message to " + message.getTgtName() +
        // " transition "
        // + message.getStateUnitKey() + " from:" +
        // message.getFromState() +
        // " to:"
        // + message.getToState());
        // client.addMessage(message, message.getTgtName());
        String instance = message.getTgtName();
        List<ZNRecord> msgList = msgListForInstance.get(instance);
        if (msgList == null) {
          msgList = new ArrayList<ZNRecord>();
          msgListForInstance.put(instance, msgList);
        }
        // msgList.add(message);
        addMessageInOrder(msgList, message);
      }
    }

    // set INSTANCES
    // put message lists into cluster view
    List<ClusterView.MemberInstance> insList = new ArrayList<ClusterView.MemberInstance>();
    for (Map.Entry<String, List<ZNRecord>> entry : msgListForInstance.entrySet()) {
      String instance = entry.getKey();
      List<ZNRecord> msgList = entry.getValue();

      ClusterView.MemberInstance ins = view.getMemberInstance(instance, true);
      ins.setInstanceProperty(PropertyType.MESSAGES, msgList);
      // ins.setInstanceProperty(InstancePropertyType.CURRENTSTATES,
      // null);
      // ins.setInstanceProperty(InstancePropertyType.ERRORS, null);
      // ins.setInstanceProperty(InstancePropertyType.STATUSUPDATES,
      // null);
      insList.add(ins);
    }

    // sort it
    ClusterView.MemberInstance[] insArray = new ClusterView.MemberInstance[insList.size()];
    insArray = insList.toArray(insArray);
    Arrays.sort(
        insArray,
        new Comparator<ClusterView.MemberInstance>() {

          @Override
          public int compare(ClusterView.MemberInstance ins1, ClusterView.MemberInstance ins2) {
            return ins1.getInstanceName().compareTo(ins2.getInstanceName());
          }
        });

    insList = Arrays.asList(insArray);
    view.setInstances(insList);

    return view;
  }