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+/*
+ * $Id: OMWGTest.java 799 2008-08-28 22:07:58Z euzenat $
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 2008
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+//package test.com.acme.dona.dep;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Configuration;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+//import org.testng.annotations.*;
+
+import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentVisitor;
+import org.semanticweb.owl.align.AlignmentException;
+import org.semanticweb.owl.align.Alignment;
+
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.parser.AlignmentParser;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.impl.URIAlignment;
+import fr.inrialpes.exmo.align.onto.Ontology;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+/**
+ * These tests corresponds to the tests presented in the examples/omwg directory
+ */
+
+public class IOTests {
+
+    private Alignment alignment = null;
+    private AlignmentParser aparser = null;
+
+    @Test(groups = { "full", "io" }, expectedExceptions = SAXException.class)
+    public void loadSOAPErrorTest() throws Exception {
+	aparser = new AlignmentParser( 0 );
+	assertNotNull( aparser );
+	alignment = aparser.parse( "test/input/soap.xml" );
+	// error (we forgot to tell the parser that the alignment is embedded)
+    }
+
+    @Test(groups = { "full", "io" }, dependsOnMethods = {"loadSOAPErrorTest"})
+    public void loadSOAPTest() throws Exception {
+	aparser.initAlignment( null );
+	aparser.setEmbedded( true );
+	alignment = aparser.parse( "test/input/soap.xml" );
+	assertNotNull( alignment );
+	assertTrue( alignment instanceof URIAlignment );
+	assertEquals( alignment.getOntology2URI().toString(), "http://alignapi.gforge.inria.fr/tutorial/edu.mit.visus.bibtex.owl" );
+	assertEquals( alignment.nbCells(), 57 );
+    }
+
+}