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+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package e2e
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	federation_api "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1"
+	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	api_v1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/v1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
+)
+
+func createClusterObjectOrFail_14(f *framework.Framework, context *framework.E2EContext) {
+	framework.Logf("Looking up cluster: %s", context.Name)
+	foundCluster, err := f.FederationClientset_1_4.Federation().Clusters().Get(context.Name)
+	if err == nil && foundCluster != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	framework.Logf("Creating cluster object: %s (%s, secret: %s)", context.Name, context.Cluster.Cluster.Server, context.Name)
+	cluster := federation_api.Cluster{
+		ObjectMeta: api_v1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: context.Name,
+		},
+		Spec: federation_api.ClusterSpec{
+			ServerAddressByClientCIDRs: []federation_api.ServerAddressByClientCIDR{
+				{
+					ClientCIDR:    "0.0.0.0/0",
+					ServerAddress: context.Cluster.Cluster.Server,
+				},
+			},
+			SecretRef: &api_v1.LocalObjectReference{
+				// Note: Name must correlate with federation build script secret name,
+				//       which currently matches the cluster name.
+				//       See federation/cluster/common.sh:132
+				Name: context.Name,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	_, err = f.FederationClientset_1_4.Federation().Clusters().Create(&cluster)
+	framework.ExpectNoError(err, fmt.Sprintf("creating cluster: %+v", err))
+	framework.Logf("Successfully created cluster object: %s (%s, secret: %s)", context.Name, context.Cluster.Cluster.Server, context.Name)
+}
+
+func buildClustersOrFail_14(f *framework.Framework) []*federation_api.Cluster {
+	contexts := f.GetUnderlyingFederatedContexts()
+
+	for _, context := range contexts {
+		createClusterObjectOrFail_14(f, &context)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for all clusters to become ready for up to 5 min.
+	if err := wait.PollImmediate(5*time.Second, 5*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
+		for _, context := range contexts {
+			cluster, err := f.FederationClientset_1_4.Federation().Clusters().Get(context.Name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
+			ready := false
+			for _, condition := range cluster.Status.Conditions {
+				if condition.Type == federation_api.ClusterReady && condition.Status == api_v1.ConditionTrue {
+					ready = true
+				}
+			}
+			if !ready {
+				return false, nil
+			}
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		framework.Failf("Not all clusters are ready: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	clusterList, err := f.FederationClientset_1_4.Federation().Clusters().List(api.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		framework.Failf("Error in get clusters: %v", err)
+	}
+	result := make([]*federation_api.Cluster, 0, len(contexts))
+	for i := range clusterList.Items {
+		result[i] = &clusterList.Items[i]
+	}
+	return result
+}