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+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.jclouds.io.payloads;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@Test
+public class StringPayloadTest {
+   public void testLengthIsCorrectPerUTF8() {
+      Payload stringPayload = new StringPayload("unic₪de");
+      assertEquals(stringPayload.getContentMetadata().getContentLength(), new Long(
+            "unic₪de".getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8).length));
+   }
+}