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+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionReplicaUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Region;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.RegionServerTests;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.JVMClusterUtil.RegionServerThread;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.RegionSplitter;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.ClassRule;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+import org.junit.rules.TestName;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+@Category({ RegionServerTests.class, LargeTests.class })
+public class TestRegionReplicaSplit {
+  @ClassRule
+  public static final HBaseClassTestRule CLASS_RULE =
+      HBaseClassTestRule.forClass(TestRegionReplicaSplit.class);
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestRegionReplicaSplit.class);
+
+  private static final int NB_SERVERS = 4;
+  private static Table table;
+
+  private static final HBaseTestingUtility HTU = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+  private static final byte[] f = HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY;
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void before() throws Exception {
+    HTU.getConfiguration().setInt("hbase.master.wait.on.regionservers.mintostart", 3);
+    HTU.startMiniCluster(NB_SERVERS);
+    final TableName tableName = TableName.valueOf(TestRegionReplicaSplit.class.getSimpleName());
+
+    // Create table then get the single region for our new table.
+    createTableDirectlyFromHTD(tableName);
+  }
+
+  @Rule
+  public TestName name = new TestName();
+
+  private static void createTableDirectlyFromHTD(final TableName tableName) throws IOException {
+    HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor(tableName);
+    htd.setRegionReplication(3);
+    // create a table with 3 replication
+
+    table = HTU.createTable(htd, new byte[][] { f }, getSplits(2),
+      new Configuration(HTU.getConfiguration()));
+  }
+
+  private static byte[][] getSplits(int numRegions) {
+    RegionSplitter.UniformSplit split = new RegionSplitter.UniformSplit();
+    split.setFirstRow(Bytes.toBytes(0L));
+    split.setLastRow(Bytes.toBytes(Long.MAX_VALUE));
+    return split.split(numRegions);
+  }
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void afterClass() throws Exception {
+    HRegionServer.TEST_SKIP_REPORTING_TRANSITION = false;
+    table.close();
+    HTU.shutdownMiniCluster();
+  }
+
+  @Test(timeout = 60000)
+  public void testRegionReplicaSplitRegionAssignment() throws Exception {
+    try {
+      HTU.loadNumericRows(table, f, 0, 3);
+      // split the table
+      List<RegionInfo> regions = new ArrayList<RegionInfo>();
+      for (RegionServerThread rs : HTU.getMiniHBaseCluster().getRegionServerThreads()) {
+        for (Region r : rs.getRegionServer().getRegions(table.getName())) {
+          System.out.println("the region before split is is " + r.getRegionInfo()
+              + rs.getRegionServer().getServerName());
+          regions.add(r.getRegionInfo());
+        }
+      }
+      HTU.getAdmin().split(table.getName(), Bytes.toBytes(1));
+      int count = 0;
+      while (true) {
+        for (RegionServerThread rs : HTU.getMiniHBaseCluster().getRegionServerThreads()) {
+          for (Region r : rs.getRegionServer().getRegions(table.getName())) {
+            count++;
+          }
+        }
+        if (count >= 9) {
+          break;
+        }
+        count = 0;
+      }
+      List<ServerName> newRegionLocations = new ArrayList<ServerName>();
+      for (RegionServerThread rs : HTU.getMiniHBaseCluster().getRegionServerThreads()) {
+        RegionInfo prevInfo = null;
+        for (Region r : rs.getRegionServer().getRegions(table.getName())) {
+          if (!regions.contains(r.getRegionInfo())
+              && !RegionReplicaUtil.isDefaultReplica(r.getRegionInfo())) {
+            LOG.info("The region is " + r.getRegionInfo() + " the location is "
+                + rs.getRegionServer().getServerName());
+            if (!RegionReplicaUtil.isDefaultReplica(r.getRegionInfo())
+                && newRegionLocations.contains(rs.getRegionServer().getServerName())
+                && prevInfo != null
+                && Bytes.equals(prevInfo.getStartKey(), r.getRegionInfo().getStartKey())
+                && Bytes.equals(prevInfo.getEndKey(), r.getRegionInfo().getEndKey())) {
+              fail("Splitted regions should not be assigned to same region server");
+            } else {
+              prevInfo = r.getRegionInfo();
+              if (!RegionReplicaUtil.isDefaultReplica(r.getRegionInfo())
+                  && !newRegionLocations.contains(rs.getRegionServer().getServerName())) {
+                newRegionLocations.add(rs.getRegionServer().getServerName());
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      // since we assign the daughter regions in round robin fashion, both the daugther region
+      // replicas will be assigned to two unique servers.
+      assertEquals("The new regions should be assigned to 3 unique servers ", 3,
+        newRegionLocations.size());
+    } finally {
+      HTU.getAdmin().disableTable(table.getName());
+      HTU.getAdmin().deleteTable(table.getName());
+    }
+  }
+}