for _, o := range objects.Items {
			no := o.DeepCopy()
			out = append(out, object.NewK8sObject(no, nil, nil))
		}
	}
	return out
}

// readFile reads a file and returns the contents.
func readFile(path string) (string, error) {
	b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
	return string(b), err
}

// writeFile writes a file and returns an error if operation is unsuccessful.
func writeFile(path string, data []byte) error {

			if refreshGoldenFiles() {
				t.Logf("Refreshing golden file for %s", outPath)
				if err := os.WriteFile(outPath, []byte(got), 0o644); err != nil {
					t.Error(err)
				}
			}

			want, err := readFile(outPath)
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}
			if !util.IsYAMLEqual(got, want) {
				t.Errorf("profile-dump command(%s): got:\n%s\n\nwant:\n%s\nDiff:\n%s\n", tt.desc, got, want, util.YAMLDiff(got, want))
			}

func compareManifestsFromFiles(args []string, verbose bool,
	renameResources, selectResources, ignoreResources string,
) (bool, error) {
	a, err := os.ReadFile(args[0])
	if err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("could not read %q: %v", args[0], err)
	}
	b, err := os.ReadFile(args[1])
	if err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("could not read %q: %v", args[1], err)
	}

	cw := &ConfigWriter{Stdout: gotOut}
	cd, _ := os.ReadFile("testdata/ecds/configdump.json")
	cw.Prime(cd)
	err := cw.PrintEcdsSummary()
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	util.CompareContent(t, gotOut.Bytes(), "testdata/ecds/output.txt")
}

func TestPrintEcdsYaml(t *testing.T) {
	gotOut := &bytes.Buffer{}
	cw := &ConfigWriter{Stdout: gotOut}
	cd, _ := os.ReadFile("testdata/ecds/configdump.json")
	cw.Prime(cd)

				t.Fatal(err)
			}

			for _, gw := range tt.gateways {
				_, _ = client.GatewayAPI().GatewayV1().Gateways(gw.Namespace).Create(context.Background(), gw, metav1.CreateOptions{})
			}
			defaultFile, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf("testdata/waypoint/%s", tt.expectedOutFile))
			if err != nil {
				t.Fatal(err)
			}
			expectedOut := string(defaultFile)
			if len(expectedOut) == 0 {
				t.Fatal("expected output is empty")
			}

			filter: EndpointFilter{
				Port: 8080,
			},
		},
	}
	for _, tt := range tests {
		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			gotOut := &bytes.Buffer{}
			cw := &ConfigWriter{Stdout: gotOut}
			cd, _ := os.ReadFile("testdata/endpoint/configdump.json")
			cw.Prime(cd)
			err := cw.PrintEndpointsSummary(tt.filter)
			assert.NoError(t, err)

			wantOutputFile := path.Join("testdata/endpoint", fmt.Sprintf("%s_output.txt", tt.name))

					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Namespace: "istio-system", Name: "istio-rev-1"},
					Data: map[string]string{
						"mesh": string(util.ReadFile(t, path.Join(testdir, "meshconfig.yaml"))),
					},
				}, metav1.CreateOptions{})
				client.Kube().CoreV1().Secrets("bar").Create(context.Background(), &v1.Secret{

	}

	if refreshGoldenFiles() {
		t.Logf("Refreshing golden file for %s", goldenFilepath)
		if err := os.WriteFile(goldenFilepath, []byte(gotYAML), 0o644); err != nil {
			t.Error(err)
		}
	}

	wantYAML, err := readFile(goldenFilepath)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	if diff := util.YAMLDiff(wantYAML, gotYAML); diff != "" {
		t.Fatalf("diff: %s", diff)
	}
}

func TestOperatorDumpJSONFormat(t *testing.T) {

			inputFile:   "",
			wantConfigs: 0,
			wantErr:     true,
		},
	}
	for _, tt := range tests {
		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			cw := &ConfigWriter{}
			cd, _ := os.ReadFile(tt.inputFile)
			err := cw.Prime(cd)
			if cw.configDump == nil {
				if tt.wantConfigs != 0 {
					t.Errorf("wanted some configs loaded but config dump was nil")
				}

// checkResult checks if resultFile is equal to expectedFile at each tick until timeout
func checkResult(result, expected string) error {
	resultFile, err := os.ReadFile(result)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't read result: %v", err)
	}
	expectedFile, err := os.ReadFile(expected)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't read expected: %v", err)
	}
	if !bytes.Equal(resultFile, expectedFile) {