diff --git a/src/test/pathgentest.cpp b/src/test/pathgentest.cpp
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+#include <array>
+#include <string>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "data_types.hpp"
+
+using namespace std::string_literals;
+using namespace phosphor::dbus::monitoring;
+using PathMeta = TupleOfRefs<const std::string, const std::string>;
+
+#include "pathgentest.hpp"
+
+const std::array<std::string, 3> expectedMeta =
+{
+    "path1"s,
+    "path3"s,
+    "path2"s,
+};
+
+const std::array<std::string, 6> expectedPaths =
+{
+    "/xyz/openbmc_project/testing/inst1"s,
+    "/xyz/openbmc_project/testing/inst2"s,
+    "/xyz/openbmc_project/testing/inst3"s,
+    "/xyz/openbmc_project/testing/inst4"s,
+    "/xyz/openbmc_project/testing/inst5"s,
+    "/xyz/openbmc_project/testing/inst6"s,
+};
+
+const std::array<PathMeta, 14> expectedPathMeta =
+{
+    {
+        PathMeta{ paths[0], meta[0] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[1], meta[0] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[2], meta[0] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[3], meta[0] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[0], meta[1] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[1], meta[1] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[2], meta[1] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[3], meta[1] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[4], meta[0] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[5], meta[0] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[3], meta[2] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[2], meta[2] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[1], meta[2] },
+        PathMeta{ paths[0], meta[2] },
+    }
+};
+
+const std::array<RefVector<const std::string>, 4> expectedGroups =
+{
+    {
+        {
+            paths[0],
+            paths[1],
+            paths[2],
+            paths[3],
+        },
+        {
+            paths[0],
+            paths[1],
+            paths[2],
+            paths[3],
+        },
+        {
+            paths[0],
+            paths[1],
+            paths[4],
+            paths[5],
+        },
+        {
+            paths[3],
+            paths[2],
+            paths[1],
+            paths[0],
+        },
+    }
+};
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, MetaSameSize)
+{
+    ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(expectedMeta), sizeof(meta));
+}
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, PathsSameSize)
+{
+    ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(expectedPaths), sizeof(paths));
+}
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, PathMetaSameSize)
+{
+    ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(expectedPathMeta), sizeof(pathMeta));
+}
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, GroupsSameSize)
+{
+    ASSERT_EQ(sizeof(expectedGroups), sizeof(groups));
+}
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, MetaSameContent)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    for (i = 0; i < expectedMeta.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQ(meta[i], expectedMeta[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, PathsSameContent)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    for (i = 0; i < expectedPaths.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQ(paths[i], expectedPaths[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, PathMetaSameContent)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    for (i = 0; i < expectedPathMeta.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        const auto& path = std::get<0>(pathMeta[i]).get();
+        const auto& expPath = std::get<0>(expectedPathMeta[i]).get();
+        const auto& meta = std::get<1>(pathMeta[i]).get();
+        const auto& expMeta = std::get<1>(expectedPathMeta[i]).get();
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(path, expPath);
+        ASSERT_EQ(meta, expMeta);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST(PathGenTest, GroupsSameContent)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    for (i = 0; i < expectedGroups.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        size_t j;
+        for (j = 0; j < groups[i].size(); ++j)
+        {
+            ASSERT_EQ(groups[i][j].get(), expectedGroups[i][j].get());
+
+        }
+    }
+}