1. [IstioOperatorSpec API](#istiooperatorspec-api) and related infrastructure, which is expressed as a
[proto](https://github.com/istio/api/blob/master/operator/v1alpha1/operator.proto) and
compiled to [Go
structs](https://github.com/istio/api/blob/master/operator/v1alpha1/operator.pb.go).

// representation if successful. In case of validation errors, it returns both the IstioOperatorSpec struct and
// an error, so the caller can decide how to handle it.
func UnmarshalAndValidateIOPS(iopsYAML string) (*v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec, error) {
	iops := &v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec{}
	if err := util.UnmarshalWithJSONPB(iopsYAML, iops, false); err != nil {

			}
		})
	}
}

func TestNewIstioOperator(t *testing.T) {
	coreComponentOptions := &component.Options{
		InstallSpec: &v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec{},
		Translator:  &translate.Translator{},
	}
	tests := []struct {
		desc              string
		inInstallSpec     *v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec
		inTranslator      *translate.Translator
		wantIstioOperator *IstioControlPlane
		wantErr           error
	}{
		{

	ReferenceURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", DocsURL, "reference/")

	// IstioOperatorSpec should generate
	// https://istio.io/v1.7/docs/reference/config/istio.operator.v1alpha1/#IstioOperatorSpec
	IstioOperatorSpec = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", ReferenceURL, "config/istio.operator.v1alpha1/#IstioOperatorSpec")

	// ConfigAnalysis should generate
	// https://istio.io/v1.7/docs/reference/config/analysis

	assert.Equal(t, ReferenceURL, "https://istio.io/"+DocsVersion+"/docs/reference/", "reference url should be equal")
	assert.Equal(t, IstioOperatorSpec,
		"https://istio.io/"+DocsVersion+"/docs/reference/config/istio.operator.v1alpha1/#IstioOperatorSpec",
		"IstioOperatorSpec url should be equal")
	assert.Equal(t, ConfigAnalysis,
		"https://istio.io/"+DocsVersion+"/docs/reference/config/analysis",

	f := fuzz.NewConsumer(data)

	ispec := &v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec{}
	err := f.GenerateStruct(ispec)
	if err != nil {
		return 0
	}
	_ = validate.CheckIstioOperatorSpec(ispec, false)
	_ = validate.CheckIstioOperatorSpec(ispec, true)
	return 1
}

func FuzzV1Alpha1ValidateConfig(data []byte) int {
	f := fuzz.NewConsumer(data)

	iop := &v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec{}
	err := f.GenerateStruct(iop)
	if err != nil {

)

//
// +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object

// IstioOperatorSpec defines the desired installed state of Istio components.
// The spec is a used to define a customization of the default profile values that are supplied with each Istio release.
// Because the spec is a customization API, specifying an empty IstioOperatorSpec results in a default Istio
// component values.
//
//	apiVersion: install.istio.io/v1alpha1

			expectSkip: true,
		},
	}
	for _, tt := range cases {
		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
			var iop *v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec
			if tt.values != "" {
				iop = &v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec{}
				if err := util.UnmarshalWithJSONPB(tt.values, iop, true); err != nil {
					t.Fatal(err)
				}
			}

			got := skipReplicaCountWithAutoscaleEnabled(iop, tt.component)

	"istio.io/api/operator/v1alpha1"
)

const (
	globalKey         = "global"
	istioNamespaceKey = "istioNamespace"
)

// Namespace returns the namespace of the containing CR.
func Namespace(iops *v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec) string {
	if iops.Namespace != "" {
		return iops.Namespace
	}
	if iops.Values == nil {
		return ""
	}
	v := iops.Values.AsMap()
	if v[globalKey] == nil {
		return ""
	}

	}
	return errs, messages
}

type FeatureValidator func(*valuesv1alpha1.Values, *v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec) (util.Errors, []string)

// validateFeatures check whether the config semantically make sense. For example, feature X and feature Y can't be enabled together.
func validateFeatures(values *valuesv1alpha1.Values, spec *v1alpha1.IstioOperatorSpec) (errs util.Errors, warnings []string) {
	validators := []FeatureValidator{
		CheckServicePorts,