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+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonPathCapabilities.FS_SYMLINKS;
+
+public class TestDfsPathCapabilities {
+  /**
+   * Test if {@link DistributedFileSystem#hasPathCapability(Path, String)}
+   * returns correct result for FS_SYMLINKS.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testFS_SYMLINKS() throws Exception {
+    final HdfsConfiguration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    conf.set(FileSystem.FS_DEFAULT_NAME_KEY, "hdfs://localhost/");
+    final FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
+    Assert.assertTrue(fs instanceof DistributedFileSystem);
+    final DistributedFileSystem dfs = (DistributedFileSystem) fs;
+    final Path path = new Path("/");
+    Assert.assertTrue(dfs.supportsSymlinks());
+
+    // Symlinks disabled
+    Assert.assertFalse(FileSystem.areSymlinksEnabled());
+    Assert.assertFalse(dfs.hasPathCapability(path, FS_SYMLINKS));
+
+    // Symlinks enabled
+    FileSystem.enableSymlinks();
+    Assert.assertTrue(FileSystem.areSymlinksEnabled());
+    Assert.assertTrue(dfs.hasPathCapability(path, FS_SYMLINKS));
+  }
+}