From 3b3421b77fddc05633482c68ff5ac04cd2b29576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chinthalapalli <r.chinthalapalli@f5.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:47:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] adding fix for #994

---
 bigip/resource_bigip_awaf_policy.go | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bigip/resource_bigip_awaf_policy.go b/bigip/resource_bigip_awaf_policy.go
index f4604ad31..71f2f0dc2 100644
--- a/bigip/resource_bigip_awaf_policy.go
+++ b/bigip/resource_bigip_awaf_policy.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -344,6 +345,16 @@ func resourceBigipAwafPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
 				//Computed:    true,
+				DiffSuppressFunc: func(k, old, new string, d *schema.ResourceData) bool {
+					oldResp := []byte(old)
+					newResp := []byte(new)
+					oldJsonref := make(map[string]interface{})
+					newJsonref := make(map[string]interface{})
+					_ = json.Unmarshal(oldResp, &oldJsonref)
+					_ = json.Unmarshal(newResp, &newJsonref)
+					jsonEqualityBefore := reflect.DeepEqual(oldJsonref, newJsonref)
+					return jsonEqualityBefore
+				},
 				Description: "The payload of the WAF Policy to be used for IMPORT on to BIGIP",
 			},
 			"policy_export_json": {