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+/**
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.*;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.FilterTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+import org.junit.rules.TestName;
+
+/**
+ * Tests filter Lists in ways that rely on a MiniCluster.
+ * Where possible, favor tests in TestFilterList and TestFilterFromRegionSide instead.
+ */
+@Category({MediumTests.class, FilterTests.class})
+public class TestFilterListOnMini {
+
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestFilterListOnMini.class);
+  private static final HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+
+  @Rule
+  public TestName name = new TestName();
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
+    TEST_UTIL.startMiniCluster(1);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void tearDownAfterClass() throws Exception {
+    TEST_UTIL.shutdownMiniCluster();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFiltersWithOR() throws Exception {
+    TableName tn = TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName());
+    Table table = TEST_UTIL.createTable(tn, new String[] { "cf1", "cf2" });
+    byte[] CF1 = Bytes.toBytes("cf1");
+    byte[] CF2 = Bytes.toBytes("cf2");
+    Put put1 = new Put(Bytes.toBytes("0"));
+    put1.addColumn(CF1, Bytes.toBytes("col_a"), Bytes.toBytes(0));
+    table.put(put1);
+    Put put2 = new Put(Bytes.toBytes("0"));
+    put2.addColumn(CF2, Bytes.toBytes("col_b"), Bytes.toBytes(0));
+    table.put(put2);
+    FamilyFilter filterCF1 =
+        new FamilyFilter(CompareFilter.CompareOp.EQUAL, new BinaryComparator(CF1));
+    FamilyFilter filterCF2 =
+        new FamilyFilter(CompareFilter.CompareOp.EQUAL, new BinaryComparator(CF2));
+    FilterList filterList = new FilterList(FilterList.Operator.MUST_PASS_ONE);
+    filterList.addFilter(filterCF1);
+    filterList.addFilter(filterCF2);
+    Scan scan = new Scan();
+    scan.setFilter(filterList);
+    ResultScanner scanner = table.getScanner(scan);
+    LOG.info("Filter list: " + filterList);
+    for (Result rr = scanner.next(); rr != null; rr = scanner.next()) {
+      Assert.assertEquals(2, rr.size());
+    }
+  }
+}