class DrupalTestCase

Base class for Drupal tests.

Do not extend this class, use one of the subclasses in this file.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of DrupalTestCase

File

modules/simpletest/drupal_web_test_case.php, line 20

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abstract class DrupalTestCase {
    
    /**
     * The test run ID.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $testId;
    
    /**
     * The database prefix of this test run.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $databasePrefix = NULL;
    
    /**
     * The original file directory, before it was changed for testing purposes.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $originalFileDirectory = NULL;
    
    /**
     * URL to the verbose output file directory.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $verboseDirectoryUrl;
    
    /**
     * Time limit for the test.
     */
    protected $timeLimit = 500;
    
    /**
     * Whether to cache the installation part of the setUp() method.
     *
     * @var bool
     */
    public $useSetupInstallationCache = FALSE;
    
    /**
     * Whether to cache the modules installation part of the setUp() method.
     *
     * @var bool
     */
    public $useSetupModulesCache = FALSE;
    
    /**
     * The original language.
     */
    protected $originalLanguage;
    
    /**
     * The original default language.
     */
    protected $originalLanguageDefault;
    
    /**
     * The original theme.
     */
    protected $originalTheme;
    
    /**
     * The original theme key.
     */
    protected $originalThemeKey;
    
    /**
     * The original theme path.
     */
    protected $originalThemePath;
    
    /**
     * Current results of this test case.
     *
     * @var Array
     */
    public $results = array(
        '#pass' => 0,
        '#fail' => 0,
        '#exception' => 0,
        '#debug' => 0,
    );
    
    /**
     * Assertions thrown in that test case.
     *
     * @var Array
     */
    protected $assertions = array();
    
    /**
     * This class is skipped when looking for the source of an assertion.
     *
     * When displaying which function an assert comes from, it's not too useful
     * to see "drupalWebTestCase->drupalLogin()', we would like to see the test
     * that called it. So we need to skip the classes defining these helper
     * methods.
     */
    protected $skipClasses = array(
        __CLASS__ => TRUE,
    );
    
    /**
     * Flag to indicate whether the test has been set up.
     *
     * The setUp() method isolates the test from the parent Drupal site by
     * creating a random prefix for the database and setting up a clean file
     * storage directory. The tearDown() method then cleans up this test
     * environment. We must ensure that setUp() has been run. Otherwise,
     * tearDown() will act on the parent Drupal site rather than the test
     * environment, destroying live data.
     */
    protected $setup = FALSE;
    protected $setupDatabasePrefix = FALSE;
    protected $setupEnvironment = FALSE;
    
    /**
     * Constructor for DrupalTestCase.
     *
     * @param $test_id
     *   Tests with the same id are reported together.
     */
    public function __construct($test_id = NULL) {
        $this->testId = $test_id;
    }
    
    /**
     * Internal helper: stores the assert.
     *
     * @param $status
     *   Can be 'pass', 'fail', 'exception'.
     *   TRUE is a synonym for 'pass', FALSE for 'fail'.
     * @param $message
     *   The message string.
     * @param $group
     *   Which group this assert belongs to.
     * @param $caller
     *   By default, the assert comes from a function whose name starts with
     *   'test'. Instead, you can specify where this assert originates from
     *   by passing in an associative array as $caller. Key 'file' is
     *   the name of the source file, 'line' is the line number and 'function'
     *   is the caller function itself.
     */
    protected function assert($status, $message = '', $group = 'Other', array $caller = NULL) {
        // Convert boolean status to string status.
        if (is_bool($status)) {
            $status = $status ? 'pass' : 'fail';
        }
        // Increment summary result counter.
        $this->results['#' . $status]++;
        // Get the function information about the call to the assertion method.
        if (!$caller) {
            $caller = $this->getAssertionCall();
        }
        // Creation assertion array that can be displayed while tests are running.
        $this->assertions[] = $assertion = array(
            'test_id' => $this->testId,
            'test_class' => get_class($this),
            'status' => $status,
            'message' => $message,
            'message_group' => $group,
            'function' => $caller['function'],
            'line' => $caller['line'],
            'file' => $caller['file'],
        );
        // Store assertion for display after the test has completed.
        self::getDatabaseConnection()->insert('simpletest')
            ->fields($assertion)
            ->execute();
        // We do not use a ternary operator here to allow a breakpoint on
        // test failure.
        if ($status == 'pass') {
            return TRUE;
        }
        else {
            return FALSE;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the database connection to the site running Simpletest.
     *
     * @return DatabaseConnection
     *   The database connection to use for inserting assertions.
     */
    public static function getDatabaseConnection() {
        try {
            $connection = Database::getConnection('default', 'simpletest_original_default');
        } catch (DatabaseConnectionNotDefinedException $e) {
            // If the test was not set up, the simpletest_original_default
            // connection does not exist.
            $connection = Database::getConnection('default', 'default');
        }
        return $connection;
    }
    
    /**
     * Store an assertion from outside the testing context.
     *
     * This is useful for inserting assertions that can only be recorded after
     * the test case has been destroyed, such as PHP fatal errors. The caller
     * information is not automatically gathered since the caller is most likely
     * inserting the assertion on behalf of other code. In all other respects
     * the method behaves just like DrupalTestCase::assert() in terms of storing
     * the assertion.
     *
     * @return
     *   Message ID of the stored assertion.
     *
     * @see DrupalTestCase::assert()
     * @see DrupalTestCase::deleteAssert()
     */
    public static function insertAssert($test_id, $test_class, $status, $message = '', $group = 'Other', array $caller = array()) {
        // Convert boolean status to string status.
        if (is_bool($status)) {
            $status = $status ? 'pass' : 'fail';
        }
        $caller += array(
            'function' => t('Unknown'),
            'line' => 0,
            'file' => t('Unknown'),
        );
        $assertion = array(
            'test_id' => $test_id,
            'test_class' => $test_class,
            'status' => $status,
            'message' => $message,
            'message_group' => $group,
            'function' => $caller['function'],
            'line' => $caller['line'],
            'file' => $caller['file'],
        );
        return self::getDatabaseConnection()->insert('simpletest')
            ->fields($assertion)
            ->execute();
    }
    
    /**
     * Delete an assertion record by message ID.
     *
     * @param $message_id
     *   Message ID of the assertion to delete.
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion was deleted, FALSE otherwise.
     *
     * @see DrupalTestCase::insertAssert()
     */
    public static function deleteAssert($message_id) {
        return (bool) self::getDatabaseConnection()->delete('simpletest')
            ->condition('message_id', $message_id)
            ->execute();
    }
    
    /**
     * Cycles through backtrace until the first non-assertion method is found.
     *
     * @return
     *   Array representing the true caller.
     */
    protected function getAssertionCall() {
        $backtrace = debug_backtrace();
        // The first element is the call. The second element is the caller.
        // We skip calls that occurred in one of the methods of our base classes
        // or in an assertion function.
        while (($caller = $backtrace[1]) && (isset($caller['class']) && isset($this->skipClasses[$caller['class']]) || substr($caller['function'], 0, 6) == 'assert')) {
            // We remove that call.
            array_shift($backtrace);
        }
        return _drupal_get_last_caller($backtrace);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if a value is not false (not an empty string, 0, NULL, or FALSE).
     *
     * @param $value
     *   The value on which the assertion is to be done.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertTrue($value, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert((bool) $value, $message ? $message : t('Value @value is TRUE.', array(
            '@value' => var_export($value, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if a value is false (an empty string, 0, NULL, or FALSE).
     *
     * @param $value
     *   The value on which the assertion is to be done.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertFalse($value, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert(!$value, $message ? $message : t('Value @value is FALSE.', array(
            '@value' => var_export($value, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if a value is NULL.
     *
     * @param $value
     *   The value on which the assertion is to be done.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertNull($value, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert(!isset($value), $message ? $message : t('Value @value is NULL.', array(
            '@value' => var_export($value, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if a value is not NULL.
     *
     * @param $value
     *   The value on which the assertion is to be done.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertNotNull($value, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert(isset($value), $message ? $message : t('Value @value is not NULL.', array(
            '@value' => var_export($value, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if two values are equal.
     *
     * @param $first
     *   The first value to check.
     * @param $second
     *   The second value to check.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertEqual($first, $second, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert($first == $second, $message ? $message : t('Value @first is equal to value @second.', array(
            '@first' => var_export($first, TRUE),
            '@second' => var_export($second, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if two values are not equal.
     *
     * @param $first
     *   The first value to check.
     * @param $second
     *   The second value to check.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertNotEqual($first, $second, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert($first != $second, $message ? $message : t('Value @first is not equal to value @second.', array(
            '@first' => var_export($first, TRUE),
            '@second' => var_export($second, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if two values are identical.
     *
     * @param $first
     *   The first value to check.
     * @param $second
     *   The second value to check.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertIdentical($first, $second, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert($first === $second, $message ? $message : t('Value @first is identical to value @second.', array(
            '@first' => var_export($first, TRUE),
            '@second' => var_export($second, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Check to see if two values are not identical.
     *
     * @param $first
     *   The first value to check.
     * @param $second
     *   The second value to check.
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE if the assertion succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
     */
    protected function assertNotIdentical($first, $second, $message = '', $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert($first !== $second, $message ? $message : t('Value @first is not identical to value @second.', array(
            '@first' => var_export($first, TRUE),
            '@second' => var_export($second, TRUE),
        )), $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Fire an assertion that is always positive.
     *
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   TRUE.
     */
    protected function pass($message = NULL, $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert(TRUE, $message, $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Fire an assertion that is always negative.
     *
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @return
     *   FALSE.
     */
    protected function fail($message = NULL, $group = 'Other') {
        return $this->assert(FALSE, $message, $group);
    }
    
    /**
     * Fire an error assertion.
     *
     * @param $message
     *   The message to display along with the assertion.
     * @param $group
     *   The type of assertion - examples are "Browser", "PHP".
     * @param $caller
     *   The caller of the error.
     * @return
     *   FALSE.
     */
    protected function error($message = '', $group = 'Other', array $caller = NULL) {
        if ($group == 'User notice') {
            // Since 'User notice' is set by trigger_error() which is used for debug
            // set the message to a status of 'debug'.
            return $this->assert('debug', $message, 'Debug', $caller);
        }
        return $this->assert('exception', $message, $group, $caller);
    }
    
    /**
     * Logs a verbose message in a text file.
     *
     * The link to the verbose message will be placed in the test results as a
     * passing assertion with the text '[verbose message]'.
     *
     * @param $message
     *   The verbose message to be stored.
     *
     * @see simpletest_verbose()
     */
    protected function verbose($message) {
        if ($id = simpletest_verbose($message)) {
            $class_safe = str_replace('\\', '_', get_class($this));
            $url = $this->verboseDirectoryUrl . '/' . $class_safe . '-' . $id . '.html';
            // Not using l() to avoid invoking the theme system, so that unit tests
            // can use verbose() as well.
            $link = '<a href="' . $url . '" target="_blank">' . t('Verbose message') . '</a>';
            $this->error($link, 'User notice');
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Run all tests in this class.
     *
     * Regardless of whether $methods are passed or not, only method names
     * starting with "test" are executed.
     *
     * @param $methods
     *   (optional) A list of method names in the test case class to run; e.g.,
     *   array('testFoo', 'testBar'). By default, all methods of the class are
     *   taken into account, but it can be useful to only run a few selected test
     *   methods during debugging.
     */
    public function run(array $methods = array()) {
        // Initialize verbose debugging.
        $class = get_class($this);
        simpletest_verbose(NULL, variable_get('file_public_path', conf_path() . '/files'), str_replace('\\', '_', $class));
        // HTTP auth settings (<username>:<password>) for the simpletest browser
        // when sending requests to the test site.
        $this->httpauth_method = variable_get('simpletest_httpauth_method', CURLAUTH_BASIC);
        $username = variable_get('simpletest_httpauth_username', NULL);
        $password = variable_get('simpletest_httpauth_password', NULL);
        if ($username && $password) {
            $this->httpauth_credentials = $username . ':' . $password;
        }
        set_error_handler(array(
            $this,
            'errorHandler',
        ));
        // Iterate through all the methods in this class, unless a specific list of
        // methods to run was passed.
        $class_methods = get_class_methods($class);
        if ($methods) {
            $class_methods = array_intersect($class_methods, $methods);
        }
        foreach ($class_methods as $method) {
            // If the current method starts with "test", run it - it's a test.
            if (strtolower(substr($method, 0, 4)) == 'test') {
                // Insert a fail record. This will be deleted on completion to ensure
                // that testing completed.
                $method_info = new ReflectionMethod($class, $method);
                $caller = array(
                    'file' => $method_info->getFileName(),
                    'line' => $method_info->getStartLine(),
                    'function' => $class . '->' . $method . '()',
                );
                $completion_check_id = DrupalTestCase::insertAssert($this->testId, $class, FALSE, t('The test did not complete due to a fatal error.'), 'Completion check', $caller);
                $this->setUp();
                if ($this->setup) {
                    try {
                        $this->{$method}();
                        // Finish up.
                    } catch (Exception $e) {
                        $this->exceptionHandler($e);
                    }
                    $this->tearDown();
                }
                else {
                    $this->fail(t("The test cannot be executed because it has not been set up properly."));
                }
                // Remove the completion check record.
                DrupalTestCase::deleteAssert($completion_check_id);
            }
        }
        // Clear out the error messages and restore error handler.
        drupal_get_messages();
        restore_error_handler();
    }
    
    /**
     * Handle errors during test runs.
     *
     * Because this is registered in set_error_handler(), it has to be public.
     * @see set_error_handler
     */
    public function errorHandler($severity, $message, $file = NULL, $line = NULL) {
        if ($severity & error_reporting()) {
            $error_map = array(
                E_STRICT => 'Run-time notice',
                E_WARNING => 'Warning',
                E_NOTICE => 'Notice',
                E_CORE_ERROR => 'Core error',
                E_CORE_WARNING => 'Core warning',
                E_USER_ERROR => 'User error',
                E_USER_WARNING => 'User warning',
                E_USER_NOTICE => 'User notice',
                E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR => 'Recoverable error',
            );
            // PHP 5.3 adds new error logging constants. Add these conditionally for
            // backwards compatibility with PHP 5.2.
            if (defined('E_DEPRECATED')) {
                $error_map += array(
                    E_DEPRECATED => 'Deprecated',
                    E_USER_DEPRECATED => 'User deprecated',
                );
            }
            $backtrace = debug_backtrace();
            $this->error($message, $error_map[$severity], _drupal_get_last_caller($backtrace));
        }
        return TRUE;
    }
    
    /**
     * Handle exceptions.
     *
     * @see set_exception_handler
     */
    protected function exceptionHandler($exception) {
        $backtrace = $exception->getTrace();
        // Push on top of the backtrace the call that generated the exception.
        array_unshift($backtrace, array(
            'line' => $exception->getLine(),
            'file' => $exception->getFile(),
        ));
        require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/errors.inc';
        // The exception message is run through check_plain() by _drupal_decode_exception().
        $this->error(t('%type: !message in %function (line %line of %file).', _drupal_decode_exception($exception)), 'Uncaught exception', _drupal_get_last_caller($backtrace));
    }
    
    /**
     * Generates a random string of ASCII characters of codes 32 to 126.
     *
     * The generated string includes alpha-numeric characters and common
     * miscellaneous characters. Use this method when testing general input
     * where the content is not restricted.
     *
     * Do not use this method when special characters are not possible (e.g., in
     * machine or file names that have already been validated); instead,
     * use DrupalWebTestCase::randomName().
     *
     * @param $length
     *   Length of random string to generate.
     *
     * @return
     *   Randomly generated string.
     *
     * @see DrupalWebTestCase::randomName()
     */
    public static function randomString($length = 8) {
        $str = '';
        for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
            $str .= chr(mt_rand(32, 126));
        }
        return $str;
    }
    
    /**
     * Generates a random string containing letters and numbers.
     *
     * The string will always start with a letter. The letters may be upper or
     * lower case. This method is better for restricted inputs that do not
     * accept certain characters. For example, when testing input fields that
     * require machine readable values (i.e. without spaces and non-standard
     * characters) this method is best.
     *
     * Do not use this method when testing unvalidated user input. Instead, use
     * DrupalWebTestCase::randomString().
     *
     * @param $length
     *   Length of random string to generate.
     *
     * @return
     *   Randomly generated string.
     *
     * @see DrupalWebTestCase::randomString()
     */
    public static function randomName($length = 8) {
        $values = array_merge(range(65, 90), range(97, 122), range(48, 57));
        $max = count($values) - 1;
        $str = chr(mt_rand(97, 122));
        for ($i = 1; $i < $length; $i++) {
            $str .= chr($values[mt_rand(0, $max)]);
        }
        return $str;
    }
    
    /**
     * Converts a list of possible parameters into a stack of permutations.
     *
     * Takes a list of parameters containing possible values, and converts all of
     * them into a list of items containing every possible permutation.
     *
     * Example:
     * @code
     * $parameters = array(
     *   'one' => array(0, 1),
     *   'two' => array(2, 3),
     * );
     * $permutations = DrupalTestCase::generatePermutations($parameters)
     * // Result:
     * $permutations == array(
     *   array('one' => 0, 'two' => 2),
     *   array('one' => 1, 'two' => 2),
     *   array('one' => 0, 'two' => 3),
     *   array('one' => 1, 'two' => 3),
     * )
     * @endcode
     *
     * @param $parameters
     *   An associative array of parameters, keyed by parameter name, and whose
     *   values are arrays of parameter values.
     *
     * @return
     *   A list of permutations, which is an array of arrays. Each inner array
     *   contains the full list of parameters that have been passed, but with a
     *   single value only.
     */
    public static function generatePermutations($parameters) {
        $all_permutations = array(
            array(),
        );
        foreach ($parameters as $parameter => $values) {
            $new_permutations = array();
            // Iterate over all values of the parameter.
            foreach ($values as $value) {
                // Iterate over all existing permutations.
                foreach ($all_permutations as $permutation) {
                    // Add the new parameter value to existing permutations.
                    $new_permutations[] = $permutation + array(
                        $parameter => $value,
                    );
                }
            }
            // Replace the old permutations with the new permutations.
            $all_permutations = $new_permutations;
        }
        return $all_permutations;
    }

}

Members

Title Sort descending Modifiers Object type Summary Overrides
DrupalTestCase::$assertions protected property Assertions thrown in that test case.
DrupalTestCase::$databasePrefix protected property The database prefix of this test run.
DrupalTestCase::$originalFileDirectory protected property The original file directory, before it was changed for testing purposes.
DrupalTestCase::$originalLanguage protected property The original language.
DrupalTestCase::$originalLanguageDefault protected property The original default language.
DrupalTestCase::$originalTheme protected property The original theme.
DrupalTestCase::$originalThemeKey protected property The original theme key.
DrupalTestCase::$originalThemePath protected property The original theme path.
DrupalTestCase::$results public property Current results of this test case.
DrupalTestCase::$setup protected property Flag to indicate whether the test has been set up.
DrupalTestCase::$setupDatabasePrefix protected property
DrupalTestCase::$setupEnvironment protected property
DrupalTestCase::$skipClasses protected property This class is skipped when looking for the source of an assertion.
DrupalTestCase::$testId protected property The test run ID.
DrupalTestCase::$timeLimit protected property Time limit for the test.
DrupalTestCase::$useSetupInstallationCache public property Whether to cache the installation part of the setUp() method.
DrupalTestCase::$useSetupModulesCache public property Whether to cache the modules installation part of the setUp() method.
DrupalTestCase::$verboseDirectoryUrl protected property URL to the verbose output file directory.
DrupalTestCase::assert protected function Internal helper: stores the assert.
DrupalTestCase::assertEqual protected function Check to see if two values are equal.
DrupalTestCase::assertFalse protected function Check to see if a value is false (an empty string, 0, NULL, or FALSE).
DrupalTestCase::assertIdentical protected function Check to see if two values are identical.
DrupalTestCase::assertNotEqual protected function Check to see if two values are not equal.
DrupalTestCase::assertNotIdentical protected function Check to see if two values are not identical.
DrupalTestCase::assertNotNull protected function Check to see if a value is not NULL.
DrupalTestCase::assertNull protected function Check to see if a value is NULL.
DrupalTestCase::assertTrue protected function Check to see if a value is not false (not an empty string, 0, NULL, or FALSE).
DrupalTestCase::deleteAssert public static function Delete an assertion record by message ID.
DrupalTestCase::error protected function Fire an error assertion. 1
DrupalTestCase::errorHandler public function Handle errors during test runs. 1
DrupalTestCase::exceptionHandler protected function Handle exceptions.
DrupalTestCase::fail protected function Fire an assertion that is always negative.
DrupalTestCase::generatePermutations public static function Converts a list of possible parameters into a stack of permutations.
DrupalTestCase::getAssertionCall protected function Cycles through backtrace until the first non-assertion method is found.
DrupalTestCase::getDatabaseConnection public static function Returns the database connection to the site running Simpletest.
DrupalTestCase::insertAssert public static function Store an assertion from outside the testing context.
DrupalTestCase::pass protected function Fire an assertion that is always positive.
DrupalTestCase::randomName public static function Generates a random string containing letters and numbers.
DrupalTestCase::randomString public static function Generates a random string of ASCII characters of codes 32 to 126.
DrupalTestCase::run public function Run all tests in this class.
DrupalTestCase::verbose protected function Logs a verbose message in a text file.
DrupalTestCase::__construct public function Constructor for DrupalTestCase. 2

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