Add autotools version of plugin tests for UD filters

8 files changed, 875 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 37a4420..9c94954 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@
 ./tools/test/h5dump/Makefile.am
 ./tools/test/h5dump/dynlib_dump.c
 ./tools/test/h5dump/h5dumpgentest.c
+./tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in
 ./tools/test/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in
 ./tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumppbits.sh.in
 ./tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpxml.sh.in
@@ -1276,6 +1277,7 @@
 ./tools/test/h5diff/Makefile.am
 ./tools/test/h5diff/dynlib_diff.c
 ./tools/test/h5diff/h5diffgentest.c
+./tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in
 ./tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh.in
 ./tools/test/h5diff/testph5diff.sh.in
 
@@ -1357,6 +1359,7 @@
 ./tools/src/h5ls/h5ls.c
 ./tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am
 ./tools/test/h5ls/dynlib_ls.c
+./tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in
 ./tools/test/h5ls/testh5ls.sh.in
 ./tools/test/h5ls/testh5lsvds.sh.in
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9f84b0f..0488c9b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3359,7 +3359,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/libhdf5.settings
                  test/Makefile
                  test/testcheck_version.sh
                  test/testerror.sh
-		 test/testflushrefresh.sh
+        test/testflushrefresh.sh
                  test/H5srcdir_str.h
                  test/testlibinfo.sh
                  test/testlinks_env.sh
@@ -3380,16 +3380,19 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/libhdf5.settings
                  tools/src/h5stat/Makefile
                  tools/test/Makefile
                  tools/test/h5dump/Makefile
+                 tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh
                  tools/test/h5dump/testh5dump.sh
                  tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumppbits.sh
                  tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpvds.sh
                  tools/test/h5dump/testh5dumpxml.sh
                  tools/test/h5ls/Makefile
+                 tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh
                  tools/test/h5ls/testh5ls.sh
                  tools/test/h5ls/testh5lsvds.sh
                  tools/test/h5import/Makefile
                  tools/test/h5import/h5importtestutil.sh
                  tools/test/h5diff/Makefile
+                 tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh
                  tools/test/h5diff/testh5diff.sh
                  tools/test/h5diff/testph5diff.sh
                  tools/src/h5format_convert/Makefile
@@ -3403,7 +3406,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/libhdf5.settings
                  tools/test/h5copy/Makefile
                  tools/test/h5copy/testh5copy.sh
                  tools/test/misc/Makefile
-		 tools/test/misc/testh5clear.sh
+        tools/test/misc/testh5clear.sh
                  tools/test/misc/testh5mkgrp.sh
                  tools/test/misc/testh5repart.sh
                  tools/test/misc/vds/Makefile
@@ -3451,7 +3454,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/libhdf5.settings
                  hl/tools/Makefile
                  hl/tools/gif2h5/Makefile
                  hl/tools/gif2h5/h52giftest.sh
-		 hl/tools/h5watch/Makefile
+        hl/tools/h5watch/Makefile
                  hl/tools/h5watch/testh5watch.sh
                  hl/examples/Makefile
                  hl/examples/run-hlc-ex.sh
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/Makefile.am b/tools/test/h5diff/Makefile.am
index c366199..1d700ea 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5diff/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/Makefile.am
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ check_PROGRAMS=$(TEST_PROG)
 check_SCRIPTS=$(TEST_SCRIPT) $(TEST_SCRIPT_PARA)
 # The parallel test script testph5diff.sh actually depends on testh5diff.sh.
 SCRIPT_DEPEND=../../src/h5diff/h5diff$(EXEEXT) $(H5PDIFF) ../../src/h5diff/testh5diff.sh
+if HAVE_SHARED_CONDITIONAL
+if USE_PLUGINS_CONDITIONAL
+   TEST_SCRIPT += h5diff_plugin.sh
+endif
+endif
 
 # Source files for the program
 h5diffgentest_SOURCES=h5diffgentest.c
@@ -45,9 +50,20 @@ h5diffgentest_SOURCES=h5diffgentest.c
 # Programs depend on the main HDF5 library and tools library
 LDADD=$(LIBH5TOOLS) $(LIBHDF5)
 
+if HAVE_SHARED_CONDITIONAL
+  # Build it as shared library if configure is enabled for shared library.
+  lib_LTLIBRARIES=libdynlibdiff.la
+  libdynlibdiff_la_SOURCES=dynlib_diff.c
+
+install-exec-hook:
+	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/*dynlib*
+endif
+
 # Temporary files.  *.h5 are generated by h5diff.  They should
 # be copied to the testfiles/ directory if update is required
 CHECK_CLEANFILES+=*.h5 expect_sorted actual_sorted
 
+DISTCLEANFILES=h5diff_plugin.sh
+
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/conclude.am
 
diff --git a/tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80b827e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5diff/h5diff_plugin.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of HDF5. The full HDF5 copyright notice, including
+# terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in
+# the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root
+# of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the
+# root level of an installed copy of the electronic document set and is
+# linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at
+# http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have access
+# to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+#
+srcdir=@srcdir@
+TOP_BUILDDIR=@top_builddir@
+
+# Determine backward compatibility options enabled
+DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS="@DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS@"
+
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0
+EXIT_FAILURE=1
+
+H5DIFF=../../src/h5diff/h5diff               # The tool name
+H5DIFF_BIN=`pwd`/$H5DIFF    # The path of the tool binary
+
+nerrors=0
+verbose=yes
+h5haveexitcode=yes        # default is yes
+
+TEST_NAME=ud_plugin
+FROM_DIR=`pwd`/.libs
+PLUGIN_LIB="$FROM_DIR/libdynlibdiff.*"
+PLUGIN_LIBDIR=testdir3
+RM='rm -rf'
+
+RM='rm -rf'
+CMP='cmp -s'
+DIFF='diff -c'
+CP='cp'
+DIRNAME='dirname'
+LS='ls'
+AWK='awk'
+
+# source dirs
+SRC_TOOLS="$srcdir/../.."
+
+# testfiles source dirs for tools
+SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/test/h5diff/testfiles"
+
+TESTDIR=./testfiles
+test -d $TESTDIR || mkdir $TESTDIR
+
+######################################################################
+# test files
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# All the test files copy from source directory to test directory
+# NOTE: Keep this framework to add/remove test files.
+#       Any test files from other tools can be used in this framework.
+#       This list are also used for checking exist.
+#       Comment '#' without space can be used.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES="
+$SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/tudfilter.h5
+$SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/tudfilter2.h5
+$SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_ud.txt
+$SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES/h5diff_udfail.txt
+"
+
+#
+# copy test files and expected output files from source dirs to test dir
+#
+COPY_TESTFILES="$LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES"
+
+# Main Body
+# Create test directories if not exists yet.
+test -d $PLUGIN_LIBDIR || mkdir -p $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to create test directory($PLUGIN_LIBDIR)"
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+# copy plugin library for test
+$CP $PLUGIN_LIB $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to copy plugin library ($PLUGIN_LIB) for test."
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+# setup plugin path
+ENVCMD="env HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH=../${PLUGIN_LIBDIR}"
+
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # copy test files. Used -f to make sure get a new copy
+    for tstfile in $COPY_TESTFILES
+    do
+        # ignore '#' comment
+        echo $tstfile | tr -d ' ' | grep '^#' > /dev/null
+        RET=$?
+        if [ $RET -eq 1 ]; then
+            # skip cp if srcdir is same as destdir
+            # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+            # make cp fail
+            SDIR=`$DIRNAME $tstfile`
+            INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+                $CP -f $tstfile $TESTDIR
+                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                    echo "Error: FAILED to copy $tstfile ."
+
+                    # Comment out this to CREATE expected file
+                    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
+    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+    # make cp fail
+    SDIR=$SRC_H5DIFF_TESTFILES
+    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+        $RM $TESTDIR
+    fi
+}
+
+# Parse option
+#   -p   run ph5diff tests
+#   -h   print help page
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+    -p)    # reset the tool name and bin to run ph5diff tests
+    TESTNAME=ph5diff
+    H5DIFF=../../src/h5diff/ph5diff  # The tool name
+    H5DIFF_BIN=`pwd`/$H5DIFF    # The path of the tool binary
+    pmode=yes
+    shift
+    ;;
+    -h) # print help page
+    echo "$0 [-p] [-h]"
+    echo "    -p   run ph5diff tests"
+    echo "    -h   print help page"
+    shift
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+    *)  # unknown option
+        echo "$0: Unknown option ($1)"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# RUNSERIAL is used. Check if it can return exit code from executalbe correctly.
+if [ -n "$RUNSERIAL_NOEXITCODE" ]; then
+    echo "***Warning*** Serial Exit Code is not passed back to shell corretly."
+    echo "***Warning*** Exit code checking is skipped."
+    h5haveexitcode=no
+fi
+
+
+# Print a $* message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+#
+MESSAGE() {
+   SPACES="                                                               "
+   echo "$* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Testing".
+#
+TESTING() {
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo "Testing $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Verifying".
+#
+VERIFY() {
+    MESSAGE "Verifying $*"
+}
+
+# Source in the output filter function definitions.
+. $srcdir/../../../bin/output_filter.sh
+
+# Run a test and print PASS or *FAIL*.  If a test fails then increment
+# the `nerrors' global variable and (if $verbose is set) display the
+# difference between the actual output and the expected output. The
+# expected output is given as the first argument to this function and
+# the actual output file is calculated by replacing the `.ddl' with
+# `.out'.  The actual output is not removed if $HDF5_NOCLEANUP has a
+# non-zero value.
+#
+# Need eval before the RUNCMD command because some machines like
+# AIX, has RUNPARALLEL in the style as
+#   MP_PROCS=3 MP_TASKS_PER_NODE=3 poe ./a.out
+# that throws the shell script off.
+#
+TOOLTEST() {
+    expect="$TESTDIR/$1"
+    actual="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .txt`.out"
+    actual_err="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .txt`.err"
+    actual_sav=${actual}-sav
+    actual_err_sav=${actual_err}-sav
+    shift
+    if test -n "$pmode"; then
+        RUNCMD=$RUNPARALLEL
+    else
+        RUNCMD=$RUNSERIAL
+    fi
+
+    # Run test.
+    TESTING $H5DIFF $@
+    (
+    #echo "#############################"
+    #echo "Expected output for '$H5DIFF $@'"
+    #echo "#############################"
+    cd $TESTDIR
+    eval $ENVCMD $RUNCMD $H5DIFF_BIN "$@"
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+    EXIT_CODE=$?
+    # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
+    cp $actual $actual_sav
+    STDOUT_FILTER $actual
+    cp $actual_err $actual_err_sav
+    STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
+    cat $actual_err >> $actual
+    # don't add exit code check in pmode, as it causes failure. (exit code
+    # is from mpirun not tool)
+    # if any problem occurs relate to an exit code, it will be caught in
+    # serial mode, so the test is fullfilled.
+    if test $h5haveexitcode = 'yes' -a -z "$pmode"; then
+      echo "EXIT CODE: $EXIT_CODE" >> $actual
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+        # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        echo " PASSED"
+    elif test $h5haveexitcode = 'yes' -a -z "$pmode"; then
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        echo "    Expected result ($expect) differs from actual result ($actual)"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+    else
+        # parallel mode output are often of different ordering from serial
+        # output.  If the sorted expected and actual files compare the same,
+        # it is safe to assume the actual output match the expected file.
+        expect_sorted=expect_sorted
+        actual_sorted=actual_sorted
+        sort $expect -o $expect_sorted
+        sort $actual -o $actual_sorted
+        # remove "EXIT CODE:" line from expect file. test for exit code
+        # is done by serial mode.
+        grep -v "EXIT CODE:" $expect_sorted > $expect_sorted.noexit
+        mv $expect_sorted.noexit $expect_sorted
+    if $CMP $expect_sorted $actual_sorted; then
+        echo " PASSED"
+    else
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+        nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+        if test yes = "$verbose"; then
+        echo "====Expected result ($expect_sorted) differs from actual result ($actual_sorted)"
+        $DIFF $expect_sorted $actual_sorted |sed 's/^/    /'
+        echo "====The actual output ($actual_sav)"
+        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_sav
+        echo "====The actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+        sed 's/^/    /' < $actual_err_sav
+        echo "====End of actual stderr ($actual_err_sav)"
+        echo ""
+        fi
+    fi
+    fi
+
+    # Clean up output file
+    if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
+      rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
+      rm -f $actual_sorted $expect_sorted
+    fi
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S
+##############################################################################
+# prepare for test
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR
+
+# Run the test
+TOOLTEST h5diff_ud.txt -v tudfilter.h5 tudfilter2.h5
+
+# print results
+if test $nerrors -ne 0 ; then
+    echo "$nerrors errors encountered"
+    exit_code=$EXIT_FAILURE
+else
+    echo "All Plugin API tests passed."
+    exit_code=$EXIT_SUCCESS
+fi
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories and leave
+$RM $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+
+exit $exit_code
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/Makefile.am b/tools/test/h5dump/Makefile.am
index aed34ec..a3d1df7 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5dump/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/Makefile.am
@@ -30,13 +30,27 @@ TEST_SCRIPT=testh5dump.sh testh5dumppbits.sh testh5dumpvds.sh testh5dumpxml.sh
 check_PROGRAMS=$(TEST_PROG) binread
 check_SCRIPTS=$(TEST_SCRIPT)
 SCRIPT_DEPEND=../../src/h5dump/h5dump$(EXEEXT)
+if HAVE_SHARED_CONDITIONAL
+if USE_PLUGINS_CONDITIONAL
+   TEST_SCRIPT += h5dump_plugin.sh
+endif
+endif
 
 # All the programs depend on the hdf5 and h5tools libraries
 LDADD=$(LIBH5TOOLS) $(LIBHDF5)
 
+if HAVE_SHARED_CONDITIONAL
+  # Build it as shared library if configure is enabled for shared library.
+  lib_LTLIBRARIES=libdynlibdump.la
+  libdynlibdump_la_SOURCES=dynlib_dump.c
+
+install-exec-hook:
+	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/*dynlib*
+endif
+
 # Temporary files.  *.h5 are generated by h5dumpgentest.  They should
 # copied to the testfiles/ directory if update is required.
 CHECK_CLEANFILES+=*.h5 *.bin
-DISTCLEANFILES=testh5dump.sh testh5dumppbits.sh testh5dumpxml.sh
+DISTCLEANFILES=testh5dump.sh testh5dumppbits.sh testh5dumpxml.sh h5dump_plugin.sh
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/conclude.am
diff --git a/tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbfc433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5dump/h5dump_plugin.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of HDF5. The full HDF5 copyright notice, including
+# terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in
+# the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root
+# of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the
+# root level of an installed copy of the electronic document set and is
+# linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at
+# http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have access
+# to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+#
+srcdir=@srcdir@
+TOP_BUILDDIR=@top_builddir@
+
+# Determine backward compatibility options enabled
+DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS="@DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS@"
+
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0
+EXIT_FAILURE=1
+
+H5DUMP=../../src/h5dump/h5dump         # The h5dump tool name
+H5DUMP_BIN=`pwd`/$H5DUMP        # The path of the h5dump tool binary
+
+nerrors=0
+verbose=yes
+h5haveexitcode=yes      # default is yes
+
+TEST_NAME=ud_plugin
+FROM_DIR=`pwd`/.libs
+PLUGIN_LIB="$FROM_DIR/libdynlibdump.*"
+PLUGIN_LIBDIR=testdir3
+RM='rm -rf'
+
+GREP='grep'
+CMP='cmp'
+DIFF='diff -c'
+CP='cp'
+DIRNAME='dirname'
+LS='ls'
+AWK='awk'
+
+# source dirs
+SRC_TOOLS="$srcdir/../.."
+
+# testfiles source dirs for tools
+SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/testfiles"
+SRC_H5DUMP_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES"
+
+TESTDIR=./testfiles
+test -d $TESTDIR || mkdir $TESTDIR
+
+######################################################################
+# test files
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# All the test files copy from source directory to test directory
+# NOTE: Keep this framework to add/remove test files.
+#       Any test files from other tools can be used in this framework.
+#       This list are also used for checking exist.
+#       Comment '#' without space can be used.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES="
+$SRC_H5DUMP_TESTFILES/tudfilter.h5
+$SRC_H5DUMP_TESTFILES/tudfilter.ddl
+"
+
+# RUNSERIAL is used. Check if it can return exit code from executable correctly.
+if [ -n "$RUNSERIAL_NOEXITCODE" ]; then
+    echo "***Warning*** Serial Exit Code is not passed back to shell correctly."
+    echo "***Warning*** Exit code checking is skipped."
+    h5haveexitcode=no
+fi
+
+# Main Body
+# Create test directories if not exists yet.
+test -d $PLUGIN_LIBDIR || mkdir -p $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to create test directory($PLUGIN_LIBDIR)"
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+# copy plugin library for test
+$CP $PLUGIN_LIB $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to copy plugin library ($PLUGIN_LIB) for test."
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+# setup plugin path
+ENVCMD="env HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH=../${PLUGIN_LIBDIR}"
+
+#
+# copy test files and expected output files from source dirs to test dir
+#
+COPY_TESTFILES="$LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES"
+
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # copy test files. Used -f to make sure get a new copy
+    for tstfile in $COPY_TESTFILES
+    do
+        # ignore '#' comment
+        echo $tstfile | tr -d ' ' | grep '^#' > /dev/null
+        RET=$?
+        if [ $RET -eq 1 ]; then
+            # skip cp if srcdir is same as destdir
+            # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+            # make cp fail
+            SDIR=`$DIRNAME $tstfile`
+            INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+                $CP -f $tstfile $TESTDIR
+                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                    echo "Error: FAILED to copy $tstfile ."
+
+                    # Comment out this to CREATE expected file
+                    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
+    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+    # make cp fail
+    SDIR=$SRC_H5DUMP_TESTFILES
+    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+        $RM $TESTDIR
+    fi
+}
+
+# Print a $* message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+#
+MESSAGE() {
+   SPACES="                                                               "
+   echo "$* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Testing".
+#
+TESTING() {
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo "Testing $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Verifying".
+#
+VERIFY() {
+    MESSAGE "Verifying $*"
+}
+
+# Source in the output filter function definitions.
+. $srcdir/../../../bin/output_filter.sh
+
+# Run a test and print PASS or *FAIL*.  If a test fails then increment
+# the `nerrors' global variable and (if $verbose is set) display the
+# difference between the actual output and the expected output. The
+# expected output is given as the first argument to this function and
+# the actual output file is calculated by replacing the `.ddl' with
+# `.out'.  The actual output is not removed if $HDF5_NOCLEANUP has a
+# non-zero value.
+# If $1 == ignorecase then do caseless CMP and DIFF.
+# ADD_H5_TEST
+TOOLTEST() {
+    # check if caseless compare and diff requested
+    if [ "$1" = ignorecase ]; then
+    caseless="-i"
+    # replace cmp with diff which runs much longer.
+    xCMP="$DIFF -i"
+    shift
+    else
+    caseless=""
+    # stick with faster cmp if ignorecase is not requested.
+    xCMP="$CMP"
+    fi
+
+    expect="$TESTDIR/$1"
+    actual="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ddl`.out"
+    actual_err="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ddl`.err"
+    actual_sav=${actual}-sav
+    actual_err_sav=${actual_err}-sav
+    shift
+
+    # Run test.
+    TESTING $DUMPER $@
+    (
+    cd $TESTDIR
+      $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $DUMPER_BIN "$@"
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+
+    # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
+    cp $actual $actual_sav
+    STDOUT_FILTER $actual
+    cp $actual_err $actual_err_sav
+    STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
+    cat $actual_err >> $actual
+
+  if [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+     echo " CREATED"
+     cp $actual $expect
+    elif $xCMP $expect $actual > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+     echo " PASSED"
+    else
+     echo "*FAILED*"
+     echo "    Expected result (*.ddl) differs from actual result (*.out)"
+     nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+     test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $caseless $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+    fi
+
+    # Clean up output file
+    if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
+     rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav $actual_ext
+    fi
+
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S
+##############################################################################
+# prepare for test
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR
+
+# Run the test
+TOOLTEST tudfilter.ddl --enable-error-stack tudfilter.h5
+
+# print results
+if test $nerrors -ne 0 ; then
+    echo "$nerrors errors encountered"
+    exit_code=$EXIT_FAILURE
+else
+    echo "All Plugin API tests passed."
+    exit_code=$EXIT_SUCCESS
+fi
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories and leave
+$RM $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+
+exit $exit_code
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am b/tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am
index 6f3d3dd..170aa63 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/Makefile.am
@@ -27,8 +27,24 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS+=-I$(top_srcdir)/src -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/lib
 TEST_SCRIPT=testh5ls.sh testh5lsvds.sh
 check_SCRIPTS=$(TEST_SCRIPT)
 SCRIPT_DEPEND=../../src/h5ls/h5ls$(EXEEXT)
+if HAVE_SHARED_CONDITIONAL
+if USE_PLUGINS_CONDITIONAL
+   TEST_SCRIPT += h5ls_plugin.sh
+endif
+endif
 
 # All programs depend on the hdf5 and h5tools libraries
 LDADD=$(LIBH5TOOLS) $(LIBHDF5)
 
+if HAVE_SHARED_CONDITIONAL
+  # Build it as shared library if configure is enabled for shared library.
+  lib_LTLIBRARIES=libdynlibls.la
+  libdynlibls_la_SOURCES=dynlib_ls.c
+
+install-exec-hook:
+	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/*dynlib*
+endif
+
+DISTCLEANFILES=h5ls_plugin.sh
+
 include $(top_srcdir)/config/conclude.am
diff --git a/tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in b/tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1717161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/h5ls/h5ls_plugin.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright by The HDF Group.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of HDF5. The full HDF5 copyright notice, including
+# terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in
+# the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root
+# of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the
+# root level of an installed copy of the electronic document set and is
+# linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at
+# http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have access
+# to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.
+#
+srcdir=@srcdir@
+TOP_BUILDDIR=@top_builddir@
+
+# Determine backward compatibility options enabled
+DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS="@DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS@"
+
+EXIT_SUCCESS=0
+EXIT_FAILURE=1
+
+H5LS=../../src/h5ls/h5ls               # The tool name
+H5LS_BIN=`pwd`/$H5LS    # The path of the tool binary
+
+nerrors=0
+verbose=yes
+h5haveexitcode=yes      # default is yes
+
+TEST_NAME=ud_plugin
+FROM_DIR=`pwd`/.libs
+PLUGIN_LIB="$FROM_DIR/libdynlibls.*"
+PLUGIN_LIBDIR=testdir3
+RM='rm -rf'
+
+GREP='grep'
+CMP='cmp -s'
+DIFF='diff -c'
+CP='cp'
+DIRNAME='dirname'
+LS='ls'
+AWK='awk'
+
+# source dirs
+SRC_TOOLS="$srcdir/../.."
+
+# testfiles source dirs for tools
+SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS/testfiles"
+SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES="$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES"
+
+TESTDIR=./testfiles
+test -d $TESTDIR || mkdir $TESTDIR
+
+######################################################################
+# test files
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+# All the test files copy from source directory to test directory
+# NOTE: Keep this framework to add/remove test files.
+#       Any test files from other tools can be used in this framework.
+#       This list are also used for checking exist.
+#       Comment '#' without space can be used.
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES="
+$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tudfilter.h5
+$SRC_TOOLS_TESTFILES/tudfilter.ls
+"
+
+# RUNSERIAL is used. Check if it can return exit code from executable correctly.
+if [ -n "$RUNSERIAL_NOEXITCODE" ]; then
+    echo "***Warning*** Serial Exit Code is not passed back to shell correctly."
+    echo "***Warning*** Exit code checking is skipped."
+    h5haveexitcode=no
+fi
+
+# Main Body
+# Create test directories if not exists yet.
+test -d $PLUGIN_LIBDIR || mkdir -p $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to create test directory($PLUGIN_LIBDIR)"
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+# copy plugin library for test
+$CP $PLUGIN_LIB $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to copy plugin library ($PLUGIN_LIB) for test."
+    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+fi
+
+# setup plugin path
+ENVCMD="env HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH=../${PLUGIN_LIBDIR}"
+
+#
+# copy test files and expected output files from source dirs to test dir
+#
+COPY_TESTFILES="$LIST_HDF5_TEST_FILES"
+
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # copy test files. Used -f to make sure get a new copy
+    for tstfile in $COPY_TESTFILES
+    do
+        # ignore '#' comment
+        echo $tstfile | tr -d ' ' | grep '^#' > /dev/null
+        RET=$?
+        if [ $RET -eq 1 ]; then
+            # skip cp if srcdir is same as destdir
+            # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+            # make cp fail
+            SDIR=`$DIRNAME $tstfile`
+            INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+            if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+                $CP -f $tstfile $TESTDIR
+                if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                    echo "Error: FAILED to copy $tstfile ."
+
+                    # Comment out this to CREATE expected file
+                    exit $EXIT_FAILURE
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR()
+{
+    # skip rm if srcdir is same as destdir
+    # this occurs when build/test performed in source dir and
+    # make cp fail
+    SDIR=$SRC_H5LS_TESTFILES
+    INODE_SDIR=`$LS -i -d $SDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    INODE_DDIR=`$LS -i -d $TESTDIR | $AWK -F' ' '{print $1}'`
+    if [ "$INODE_SDIR" != "$INODE_DDIR" ]; then
+        $RM $TESTDIR
+    fi
+}
+
+# Print a $* message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+#
+MESSAGE() {
+   SPACES="                                                               "
+   echo "$* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Testing".
+#
+TESTING() {
+    SPACES="                                                               "
+    echo "Testing $* $SPACES" | cut -c1-70 | tr -d '\012'
+}
+
+# Print a line-line message left justified in a field of 70 characters
+# beginning with the word "Verifying".
+#
+VERIFY() {
+    MESSAGE "Verifying $*"
+}
+
+# Source in the output filter function definitions.
+. $srcdir/../../../bin/output_filter.sh
+
+# Run a test and print PASS or *FAIL*. For now, if h5ls can complete
+# with exit status 0, consider it pass. If a test fails then increment
+# the `nerrors' global variable and (if $verbose is set) display up to $NLINS
+# lines of the actual output from the tool test.  The actual output is not
+# removed if $HDF5_NOCLEANUP has a non-zero value.
+# Arguemnts:
+# $1 -- actual output filename to use
+# $2 and on -- argument for the h5ls tool
+TOOLTEST() {
+    expect="$TESTDIR/$1"
+    actual="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ls`.out"
+    actual_err="$TESTDIR/`basename $1 .ls`.err"
+    actual_sav=${actual}-sav
+    actual_err_sav=${actual_err}-sav
+    shift
+    retvalexpect=$1
+    shift
+
+    # Run test.
+    # Stderr is included in stdout so that the diff can detect
+    # any unexpected output from that stream too.
+    TESTING $H5LS $@
+    (
+    cd $TESTDIR
+        $ENVCMD $RUNSERIAL $H5LS_BIN "$@"
+    ) >$actual 2>$actual_err
+
+    exitcode=$?
+    # save actual and actual_err in case they are needed later.
+    cp $actual $actual_sav
+    STDOUT_FILTER $actual
+    cp $actual_err $actual_err_sav
+    STDERR_FILTER $actual_err
+    cat $actual_err >> $actual
+    if [ $h5haveexitcode = 'yes' -a $exitcode -ne $retvalexpect ]; then
+    echo "*FAILED*"
+    nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    if [ yes = "$verbose" ]; then
+        echo "test returned with exit code $exitcode"
+        echo "test output: (up to $NLINES lines)"
+        head -$NLINES $actual
+        echo "***end of test output***"
+        echo ""
+    fi
+    elif [ ! -f $expect ]; then
+    # Create the expect file if it doesn't yet exist.
+        echo " CREATED"
+        cp $actual $expect
+    elif $CMP $expect $actual; then
+        echo " PASSED"
+    else
+        echo "*FAILED*"
+    echo "    Expected result differs from actual result"
+    nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
+    test yes = "$verbose" && $DIFF $expect $actual |sed 's/^/    /'
+    fi
+
+    # Clean up output file
+    if test -z "$HDF5_NOCLEANUP"; then
+    rm -f $actual $actual_err $actual_sav $actual_err_sav
+    fi
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+###           T H E   T E S T S
+##############################################################################
+# prepare for test
+COPY_TESTFILES_TO_TESTDIR
+
+# Run the test
+TOOLTEST tudfilter.ls 0 -w80 -v -d tudfilter.h5
+
+# print results
+if test $nerrors -ne 0 ; then
+    echo "$nerrors errors encountered"
+    exit_code=$EXIT_FAILURE
+else
+    echo "All Plugin API tests passed."
+    exit_code=$EXIT_SUCCESS
+fi
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories
+CLEAN_TESTFILES_AND_TESTDIR
+
+# Clean up temporary files/directories and leave
+$RM $PLUGIN_LIBDIR
+
+exit $exit_code