diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/test/org/apache/aut/bzip2/BzipTest.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/test/org/apache/aut/bzip2/BzipTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package org.apache.aut.bzip2;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.IOUtil;
+
+/**
+ * A test the stress tested the BZip implementation to verify
+ * that it behaves correctly.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ * @version $Revision$ $Date$
+ */
+public class BzipTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private final static byte[] HEADER = new byte[]{(byte)'B', (byte)'Z'};
+
+    public BzipTest( final String name )
+    {
+        super( name );
+    }
+
+    public void testBzipOutputStream()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final InputStream input = getInputStream( "asf-logo-huge.tar" );
+        final File outputFile = getOutputFile( ".tar.bz2" );
+        final OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream( outputFile );
+        final CBZip2OutputStream packedOutput = getPackedOutput( output );
+        IOUtil.copy( input, packedOutput );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( packedOutput );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( output );
+        compareContents( "asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2", outputFile );
+        FileUtil.forceDelete( outputFile );
+    }
+
+    public void testBzipInputStream()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final InputStream input = getInputStream( "asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2" );
+        final File outputFile = getOutputFile( ".tar" );
+        final OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream( outputFile );
+        final CBZip2InputStream packedInput = getPackedInput( input );
+        IOUtil.copy( packedInput, output );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( packedInput );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( output );
+        compareContents( "asf-logo-huge.tar", outputFile );
+        FileUtil.forceDelete( outputFile );
+    }
+
+    private void compareContents( final String initial, final File generated )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final InputStream input1 = getInputStream( initial );
+        final InputStream input2 = new FileInputStream( generated );
+        final boolean test = IOUtil.contentEquals( input1, input2 );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input1 );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input2 );
+        assertTrue( "Contents of " + initial + " matches generated version " + generated, test );
+    }
+
+    private CBZip2InputStream getPackedInput( final InputStream input )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        final int b1 = input.read();
+        final int b2 = input.read();
+        assertEquals( "Equal header byte1", b1, 'B' );
+        assertEquals( "Equal header byte2", b2, 'Z' );
+        return new CBZip2InputStream( input );
+    }
+
+    private CBZip2OutputStream getPackedOutput( final OutputStream output )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        output.write( HEADER );
+        return new CBZip2OutputStream( output );
+    }
+
+    private File getOutputFile( final String postfix )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        final File cwd = new File( "." );
+        return File.createTempFile( "ant-test", postfix, cwd );
+    }
+
+    private InputStream getInputStream( final String resource )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final String filename = "src" + File.separator + "testcases" + File.separator +
+            getClass().getName().replace( '.', File.separatorChar );
+        final String path = FileUtil.getPath( filename );
+        final File input = new File( path, resource );
+        return new FileInputStream( input );
+        //final ClassLoader loader = getClass().getClassLoader();
+        //return loader.getResourceAsStream( resource );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/testcases/org/apache/aut/bzip2/BzipTest.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/testcases/org/apache/aut/bzip2/BzipTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included  with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package org.apache.aut.bzip2;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.FileUtil;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.IOUtil;
+
+/**
+ * A test the stress tested the BZip implementation to verify
+ * that it behaves correctly.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ * @version $Revision$ $Date$
+ */
+public class BzipTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private final static byte[] HEADER = new byte[]{(byte)'B', (byte)'Z'};
+
+    public BzipTest( final String name )
+    {
+        super( name );
+    }
+
+    public void testBzipOutputStream()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final InputStream input = getInputStream( "asf-logo-huge.tar" );
+        final File outputFile = getOutputFile( ".tar.bz2" );
+        final OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream( outputFile );
+        final CBZip2OutputStream packedOutput = getPackedOutput( output );
+        IOUtil.copy( input, packedOutput );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( packedOutput );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( output );
+        compareContents( "asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2", outputFile );
+        FileUtil.forceDelete( outputFile );
+    }
+
+    public void testBzipInputStream()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final InputStream input = getInputStream( "asf-logo-huge.tar.bz2" );
+        final File outputFile = getOutputFile( ".tar" );
+        final OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream( outputFile );
+        final CBZip2InputStream packedInput = getPackedInput( input );
+        IOUtil.copy( packedInput, output );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( packedInput );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( output );
+        compareContents( "asf-logo-huge.tar", outputFile );
+        FileUtil.forceDelete( outputFile );
+    }
+
+    private void compareContents( final String initial, final File generated )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final InputStream input1 = getInputStream( initial );
+        final InputStream input2 = new FileInputStream( generated );
+        final boolean test = IOUtil.contentEquals( input1, input2 );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input1 );
+        IOUtil.shutdownStream( input2 );
+        assertTrue( "Contents of " + initial + " matches generated version " + generated, test );
+    }
+
+    private CBZip2InputStream getPackedInput( final InputStream input )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        final int b1 = input.read();
+        final int b2 = input.read();
+        assertEquals( "Equal header byte1", b1, 'B' );
+        assertEquals( "Equal header byte2", b2, 'Z' );
+        return new CBZip2InputStream( input );
+    }
+
+    private CBZip2OutputStream getPackedOutput( final OutputStream output )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        output.write( HEADER );
+        return new CBZip2OutputStream( output );
+    }
+
+    private File getOutputFile( final String postfix )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        final File cwd = new File( "." );
+        return File.createTempFile( "ant-test", postfix, cwd );
+    }
+
+    private InputStream getInputStream( final String resource )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final String filename = "src" + File.separator + "testcases" + File.separator +
+            getClass().getName().replace( '.', File.separatorChar );
+        final String path = FileUtil.getPath( filename );
+        final File input = new File( path, resource );
+        return new FileInputStream( input );
+        //final ClassLoader loader = getClass().getClassLoader();
+        //return loader.getResourceAsStream( resource );
+    }
+}