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+package org.apache.gobblin.runtime;
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.gobblin.configuration.ConfigurationKeys;
+import org.apache.gobblin.kafka.client.DecodeableKafkaRecord;
+import org.apache.gobblin.kafka.client.Kafka09ConsumerClient;
+import org.apache.gobblin.runtime.api.DagActionStore;
+import org.apache.gobblin.runtime.spec_catalog.FlowCatalog;
+import org.apache.gobblin.service.modules.orchestration.DagManager;
+import org.apache.gobblin.service.modules.orchestration.Orchestrator;
+import org.apache.gobblin.service.monitoring.DagActionStoreChangeEvent;
+import org.apache.gobblin.service.monitoring.DagActionStoreChangeMonitor;
+import org.apache.gobblin.service.monitoring.DagActionValue;
+import org.apache.gobblin.service.monitoring.GenericStoreChangeEvent;
+import org.apache.gobblin.service.monitoring.OperationType;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+
+/**
+ * Tests the main functionality of {@link DagActionStoreChangeMonitor} to process {@link DagActionStoreChangeEvent} type
+ * events stored in a {@link org.apache.gobblin.kafka.client.KafkaConsumerRecord}. The
+ * processMessage(DecodeableKafkaRecord message) function should be able to gracefully process a variety of message
+ * types, even with undesired formats, without throwing exceptions.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class DagActionStoreChangeMonitorTest {
+  public static final String TOPIC = DagActionStoreChangeEvent.class.getSimpleName();
+  private final int PARTITION = 1;
+  private final int OFFSET = 1;
+  private final String FLOW_GROUP = "flowGroup";
+  private final String FLOW_NAME = "flowName";
+  private final String FLOW_EXECUTION_ID = "123";
+  private MockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor mockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor;
+  private int txidCounter = 0;
+
+  class MockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor extends DagActionStoreChangeMonitor {
+
+    public MockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor(String topic, Config config, int numThreads,
+        boolean isMultiActiveSchedulerEnabled) {
+      super(topic, config, mock(DagActionStore.class), mock(DagManager.class), numThreads, mock(FlowCatalog.class),
+          mock(Orchestrator.class), isMultiActiveSchedulerEnabled);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void processMessage(DecodeableKafkaRecord record) {
+      super.processMessage(record);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void startUp() {
+      super.startUp();
+    }
+  }
+
+  MockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor createMockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor() {
+    Config config = ConfigFactory.empty().withValue(ConfigurationKeys.KAFKA_BROKERS, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("localhost:0000"))
+        .withValue(Kafka09ConsumerClient.GOBBLIN_CONFIG_VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.ByteArrayDeserializer"))
+        .withValue(ConfigurationKeys.STATE_STORE_ROOT_DIR_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("/tmp/fakeStateStore"))
+        .withValue("zookeeper.connect", ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("localhost:2121"));
+    return new MockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor("dummyTopic", config, 5, true);
+  }
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public void setup() {
+     mockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor = createMockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor();
+     mockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor.startUp();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Ensure no NPE results from passing a HEARTBEAT type message with a null {@link DagActionValue}
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testProcessMessageWithHeartbeat() {
+    Kafka09ConsumerClient.Kafka09ConsumerRecord consumerRecord =
+        wrapDagActionStoreChangeEvent(OperationType.HEARTBEAT, "", "", "", null);
+    mockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor.processMessage(consumerRecord);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests process message with an INSERT type message
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testProcessMessageWithInsert() {
+    Kafka09ConsumerClient.Kafka09ConsumerRecord consumerRecord =
+        wrapDagActionStoreChangeEvent(OperationType.INSERT, FLOW_GROUP, FLOW_NAME, FLOW_EXECUTION_ID, DagActionValue.LAUNCH);
+    mockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor.processMessage(consumerRecord);
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Tests process message with an UPDATE type message
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testProcessMessageWithUpdate() {
+    Kafka09ConsumerClient.Kafka09ConsumerRecord consumerRecord =
+        wrapDagActionStoreChangeEvent(OperationType.UPDATE, FLOW_GROUP, FLOW_NAME, FLOW_EXECUTION_ID, DagActionValue.LAUNCH);
+    mockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor.processMessage(consumerRecord);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests process message with a DELETE type message
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testProcessMessageWithDelete() {
+    Kafka09ConsumerClient.Kafka09ConsumerRecord consumerRecord =
+        wrapDagActionStoreChangeEvent(OperationType.DELETE, FLOW_GROUP, FLOW_NAME, FLOW_EXECUTION_ID, DagActionValue.LAUNCH);
+    mockDagActionStoreChangeMonitor.processMessage(consumerRecord);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Util to create a general DagActionStoreChange type event
+   */
+  private DagActionStoreChangeEvent createDagActionStoreChangeEvent(OperationType operationType,
+      String flowGroup, String flowName, String flowExecutionId, DagActionValue dagAction) {
+    String key = getKeyForFlow(flowGroup, flowName, flowExecutionId);
+    GenericStoreChangeEvent genericStoreChangeEvent =
+        new GenericStoreChangeEvent(key, String.valueOf(txidCounter), System.currentTimeMillis(), operationType);
+    txidCounter++;
+    return new DagActionStoreChangeEvent(genericStoreChangeEvent, flowGroup, flowName, flowExecutionId, dagAction);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Form a key for events using the flow identifiers
+   * @return a key formed by adding an '_' delimiter between the flow identifiers
+   */
+  private String getKeyForFlow(String flowGroup, String flowName, String flowExecutionId) {
+    return flowGroup + "_" + flowName + "_" + flowExecutionId;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Util to create wrapper around DagActionStoreChangeEvent
+   */
+  private Kafka09ConsumerClient.Kafka09ConsumerRecord wrapDagActionStoreChangeEvent(OperationType operationType, String flowGroup, String flowName,
+      String flowExecutionId, DagActionValue dagAction) {
+    DagActionStoreChangeEvent eventToProcess = null;
+    try {
+      eventToProcess =
+          createDagActionStoreChangeEvent(operationType, flowGroup, flowName, flowExecutionId, dagAction);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      log.error("Exception while creating event ", e);
+    }
+    // TODO: handle partition and offset values better
+    ConsumerRecord consumerRecord = new ConsumerRecord<>(TOPIC, PARTITION, OFFSET,
+        getKeyForFlow(flowGroup, flowName, flowExecutionId), eventToProcess);
+    return new Kafka09ConsumerClient.Kafka09ConsumerRecord(consumerRecord);
+  }
+}
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