--- /dev/null
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\user\Functional\Rest;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\rest\Functional\EntityResource\EntityResourceTestBase;
+use Drupal\user\Entity\Role;
+
+abstract class RoleResourceTestBase extends EntityResourceTestBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public static $modules = ['user'];
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected static $entityTypeId = 'user_role';
+
+ /**
+ * @var \Drupal\user\RoleInterface
+ */
+ protected $entity;
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function setUpAuthorization($method) {
+ $this->grantPermissionsToTestedRole(['administer permissions']);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function createEntity() {
+ $role = Role::create([
+ 'id' => 'llama',
+ 'name' => $this->randomString(),
+ ]);
+ $role->save();
+
+ return $role;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function getExpectedNormalizedEntity() {
+ return [
+ 'uuid' => $this->entity->uuid(),
+ 'weight' => 2,
+ 'langcode' => 'en',
+ 'status' => TRUE,
+ 'dependencies' => [],
+ 'id' => 'llama',
+ 'label' => NULL,
+ 'is_admin' => NULL,
+ 'permissions' => [],
+ ];
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function getNormalizedPostEntity() {
+ // @todo Update in https://www.drupal.org/node/2300677.
+ }
+
+}