Release 18.08
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+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include  "armnnOnnxParser/IOnnxParser.hpp"
+#include "google/protobuf/stubs/logging.h"
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(OnnxParser)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateNetworkFromString)
+{
+  std::string TestModel = R"(
+                          ir_version: 3
+                          producer_name:  "CNTK "
+                          producer_version:  "2.5.1 "
+                          domain:  "ai.cntk "
+                          model_version: 1
+                          graph {
+                            name:  "CNTKGraph "
+                            output {
+                                 name:  "Output"
+                                 type {
+                                    tensor_type {
+                                      elem_type: FLOAT
+                                      shape {
+                                        dim {
+                                           dim_value: 1
+                                        }
+                                        dim {
+                                           dim_value: 10
+                                        }
+                                      }
+                                    }
+                                 }
+                             }
+                          }
+                          opset_import {
+                             version: 7
+                           })";
+
+    armnnOnnxParser::IOnnxParserPtr parser(armnnOnnxParser::IOnnxParser::Create());
+
+    armnn::INetworkPtr network = parser->CreateNetworkFromString(TestModel.c_str());
+    BOOST_TEST(network.get());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateNetworkFromStringWithNullptr)
+{
+    armnnOnnxParser::IOnnxParserPtr parser(armnnOnnxParser::IOnnxParser::Create());
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(parser->CreateNetworkFromString(""), armnn::InvalidArgumentException );
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateNetworkWithInvalidString)
+{
+    auto silencer = google::protobuf::LogSilencer(); //get rid of errors from protobuf
+    armnnOnnxParser::IOnnxParserPtr parser(armnnOnnxParser::IOnnxParser::Create());
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW(parser->CreateNetworkFromString( "I'm not a model so I should raise an error" ),
+                      armnn::ParseException );
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()