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+#################################################################################
+# The Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems Integrated Platform
+# Framework (IDAES IP) was produced under the DOE Institute for the
+# Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES).
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2026 by the software owners: The Regents of the
+# University of California, through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
+# National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, Carnegie Mellon
+# University, West Virginia University Research Corporation, et al.
+# All rights reserved.  Please see the files COPYRIGHT.md and LICENSE.md
+# for full copyright and license information.
+#################################################################################
+
+
+from io import StringIO
+import re
+
+from pyomo.environ import units as u
+from pyomo.core.base.block import BlockData
+import pyomo.environ as pyo
+
+
+class PyomoCheckHelper:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        test_class,
+        parent: BlockData,
+    ):
+        """
+        Class that stores expected properties for pyomo objects, including
+        Expression and Var instances. Call `add_object()` to append
+        a set of properties of an object to be checked. Calling
+        the `.check_all_objects()` method runs asserts to check for
+        those properties on each object.
+
+        :param test_class:  Testing class instance.
+        :param parent:      Expected parent object that holds the pyomo objects.
+        """
+        self.test_class = test_class
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.object_properties = []
+
+    def add_object(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        obj_type: type,
+        units=None,
+        index: pyo.Set | None = None,
+        check_func=None,
+        cond: bool = True,
+    ):
+        """
+        Add a pyomo object to check.
+
+        :param name:            Expected name of the pyomo object.
+        :param obj_type:        Expected type of the pyomo object.
+        :param units:           Expected units of the pyomo object.
+        :param index:           Expected indexing object of the pyomo object. Defaults to `None`,
+                                    in which case we check that there is no index.
+        :param check_func:      Function with additional checks to run on the object. For instance,
+                                    checking the structure of a constraint expression. Defaults to `None`,
+                                    in which case no checks are performed. Must take the testing class instance
+                                    and object to be checked as its only two arguments.
+        :param cond:            Flag that determines whether this pyomo object should be present.
+                                    If `cond=True`, checks proceed based on the other arguments.
+                                    If `cond=False`, we check that `block` does NOT have an
+                                    attribute `name`, and no other checks are performed.
+                                    Defaults to `True`.
+        :type name:             str
+        :type obj_type:         type
+        :type units:            tuple | None, optional
+        :type index:            pyomo.environ.Set | None, optional
+        :type check_func:       function, optional
+        :type cond:             bool, optional
+        """
+        self.object_properties.append(
+            {
+                "name": name,
+                "obj_type": obj_type,
+                "units": units,
+                "index": index,
+                "check_func": check_func,
+                "cond": cond,
+            }
+        )
+
+    def _check_exists(self, properties: dict):
+        """Checks that an attribute with the provided name exists on `self.parent`."""
+        self.test_class.assertTrue(hasattr(self.parent, properties["name"]))
+
+    def _check_does_not_exist(self, properties: dict):
+        """Checks that an attribute with the provided name does not exist on `self.parent`."""
+        self.test_class.assertFalse(hasattr(self.parent, properties["name"]))
+
+    def _check_type(self, obj: pyo.Component, properties: dict):
+        """Checks the type of the provided object."""
+        self.test_class.assertIsInstance(obj, properties["obj_type"])
+
+    def _iter_func_over_index(self, obj: pyo.Component, func):
+        """
+        Iterates the provided `func` over each element of `obj`. If `obj`
+        is not indexed, then simply calls `func(obj)`.
+        """
+        if obj.is_indexed():
+            for i in obj.index_set():
+                func(obj[i])
+        else:
+            func(obj)
+
+    def _check_units(self, obj: pyo.Component, properties: dict):
+        """Checks the object's units."""
+        iter_func = lambda x: self.test_class.assertEqual(
+            u.get_units(x), properties["units"]
+        )
+        self._iter_func_over_index(obj, iter_func)
+
+    def _check_index(self, obj: pyo.Component, properties: dict):
+        """Checks the object's index (including whether it has an index)."""
+        if properties["index"] is None:
+            self.test_class.assertFalse(obj.is_indexed())
+        else:
+            self.test_class.assertTrue(obj.is_indexed())
+            if isinstance(properties["index"], dict):
+                self.test_class.assertEqual(
+                    len(properties["index"]), len(obj.index_set())
+                )
+                for key in properties["index"]:
+                    self.test_class.assertIn(key, obj.index_set())
+            else:
+                self.test_class.assertIs(obj.index_set(), properties["index"])
+
+    def _check_bounds(self, obj: pyo.Component):
+        """Checks that the object's bounds are consistent with its domain (if it has them)."""
+
+        def iter_func(x):
+            if hasattr(x, "bounds"):
+                for bound in x.bounds:
+                    if bound is not None:
+                        self.test_class.assertIn(bound, x.domain)
+
+        self._iter_func_over_index(obj, iter_func)
+
+    def _run_check_func(self, obj: pyo.Component, properties: dict):
+        """Runs the additional check function, if a check function is provided."""
+        if properties["check_func"] is not None:
+            properties["check_func"](self.test_class, obj)
+
+    def check_all_objects(self):
+        """Performs checks on all members of `self.object_properties`."""
+        for properties in self.object_properties:
+            if properties["cond"]:
+                self._check_exists(properties)
+                obj = self.parent.component(properties["name"])
+
+                self._check_type(obj, properties)
+                self._check_units(obj, properties)
+                self._check_index(obj, properties)
+                self._check_bounds(obj)
+                self._run_check_func(obj, properties)
+            else:
+                self._check_does_not_exist(properties)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _extract_terms_from_string_expression(cls, expr: str) -> list[tuple]:
+        """
+        Helper function for `parse_constraint_pprint` that extracts
+        individual terms from a string representation of an expression,
+        including flattening nested parentheses.
+
+        :param expr:    Expression to be parsed.
+        :type expr:     str
+        :returns:       List of tuples. Each tuple corresponds to a term in the
+                            expression and is of the form `(sign, term)` where `sign`
+                            is either `1` or `-1` and `term` is the term itself
+                            (including index, e.g. `"m.lines[branch_2_1]"`)
+        """
+        expr = expr.replace(" ", "")
+        stack = [1]  # sign context
+        sign = 1
+        term = ""
+        out = []
+
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(expr):
+            c = expr[i]
+            if c in "+-":
+                if term:
+                    out.append((sign * stack[-1], term))
+                    term = ""
+                sign = 1 if c == "+" else -1
+            elif c == "(":
+                stack.append(stack[-1] * sign)
+                sign = 1
+            elif c == ")":
+                if term:
+                    out.append((sign * stack[-1], term))
+                    term = ""
+                stack.pop()
+            else:
+                term += c
+            i += 1
+        if term:
+            out.append((sign * stack[-1], term))
+
+        return out
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse_constraint_pprint(
+        cls, block_name: str, constraint: pyo.Constraint
+    ) -> dict:
+        """
+        Parses the output of a constraint's `.pprint()` function, returning
+        a dictionary representing the contents of the constraints' expressions,
+        of the form:
+        ```
+        {
+            i: {
+                "expr": [(sign, term), (sign, term), ...],
+                "val": val
+            }
+        }
+        ```
+        where
+            - `i` is an element of the constraint's index (per its `.pprint()` function)
+            - `val` is the value of the expression associated with `i`
+            - `term` is an individual term of the expression associated with `i`
+            - `sign` is the sign of an individual term of the expression associated with `i`
+
+        :param block_name:  `.name` attribute of the block that `constraint` is on.
+        :param constraint:  Constraint to be parsed.
+        :type block_name:   str
+        :type constraint:   pyomo.environ.Constraint
+        """
+        buf = StringIO()
+        constraint.pprint(ostream=buf)
+        pprinted = buf.getvalue().replace(block_name, "b")
+
+        out = {}
+        for index_expr_pprinted in pprinted.split("\n")[3:-1]:
+            index_expr_split = index_expr_pprinted.split(":")
+            i = index_expr_split[0].strip()
+            expr = index_expr_split[2].strip()
+            val = index_expr_split[3].strip()
+            # print(i, ":", expr)
+
+            out[i] = {
+                "expr": cls._extract_terms_from_string_expression(expr),
+                "val": val,
+            }
+        return out
+
+    def check_constraint_for_terms(
+        self,
+        constraint_expr: list,
+        term_to_find: str,
+        expected_signs: list[int],
+        expected_indices: list[str],
+    ):
+        """
+        Checks that the given constraint expression contains expected term(s). Intended as a helper
+        function for constraint check functions.
+
+        :param constraint_expr:     Constraint expression (`"expr"` value from an element of `parse_constraint_pprint`).
+        :param term_to_find:        Name of term to find, not including the index (e.g., `"loads"`).
+        :param expected_signs:      Expected signs of matching terms.
+        :param expected_indices:    Expected indices of matching terms.
+        :type constraint_expr:      dict
+        :type term_to_find:         str
+        :type expected_signs:       list[int]
+        :type expected_indices:     list
+        """
+        if len(expected_signs) != len(expected_indices):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Expected signs and indices must be lists of matching length."
+            )
+
+        matching_terms = []
+        for sign, term in constraint_expr:
+            match = re.fullmatch(rf"{term_to_find}\[([^\]]+)\]", term)
+            if match:
+                matching_terms.append(
+                    {
+                        "sign": sign,
+                        "index": match.group(1),
+                    }
+                )
+
+        self.test_class.assertEqual(len(matching_terms), len(expected_signs))
+        for s, i in zip(expected_signs, expected_indices):
+            matching_term = [
+                term
+                for term in matching_terms
+                if term["sign"] == s and term["index"] == i
+            ]
+            self.test_class.assertEqual(
+                len(matching_term),
+                1,
+                f"There should be only one term matching {'-' if s == -1 else ''}{term_to_find}[{i}]",
+            )