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+/*
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+ *    Alternately, this acknowlegement may appear in the software itself,
+ *    if and wherever such third-party acknowlegements normally appear.
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+package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.sitraka;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
+import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+/**
+ * Ensure that reference classpath feature is working fine...
+ * @author <a href="mailto:sbailliez@apache.org">Stephane Bailliez</a>
+ */
+public class XMLReportTest extends TestCase {
+    public XMLReportTest(String s) {
+        super(s);
+    }
+
+    protected File getFile(String name) throws FileNotFoundException {
+        URL url = getClass().getResource(name);
+        if (url == null) {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException("Unable to load '" + name + "' from classpath");
+        }
+        return new File(url.getFile());
+    }
+
+    public void testCreateDocument() throws Exception {
+        // this is a sample from running Ant include data for java.* only
+        File reportFile = getFile("/taskdefs/optional/sitraka/covreport-test.xml");
+        XMLReport report = new XMLReport(reportFile);
+        ReportFilters filters = new ReportFilters();
+        ReportFilters.Include incl = new ReportFilters.Include();
+        incl.setClass("java.util.Vector");
+        incl.setMethod("set*");
+        filters.addInclude(incl);
+        report.setReportFilters(filters);
+        Document doc = report.createDocument(new String[]{ System.getProperty("java.home") + "/lib/rt.jar"});
+
+        Node snapshot = doc.getDocumentElement();
+        assertEquals("snapshot", snapshot.getNodeName());
+
+        // there is only java.util
+        NodeList packages = doc.getElementsByTagName("package");
+        assertEquals(1, packages.getLength());
+        assertEquals("java.util", packages.item(0).getAttributes().getNamedItem("name").getNodeValue());
+
+        // there is only Vector
+        NodeList classes = doc.getElementsByTagName("class");
+        assertEquals(1, classes.getLength());
+        assertEquals("Vector", classes.item(0).getAttributes().getNamedItem("name").getNodeValue());
+
+        // there are 3 set* methods
+        // set(int, Object)
+        // setSize(int)
+        // setElementAt(Object, int)
+        NodeList methods = doc.getElementsByTagName("method");
+        assertEquals(3, methods.getLength());
+
+        //dump(doc, System.out);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  might be useful to spit out the document
+     * it's a nightmare to navigate in a DOM structure in a debugger.
+     */
+    protected void dump(Document doc, OutputStream out) throws Exception {
+        TransformerFactory tfactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
+        Transformer transformer = tfactory.newTransformer();
+        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "no");
+        transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
+        transformer.transform(new DOMSource(doc), new StreamResult(out));
+    }
+}