diff --git a/maven-aether-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultServiceLocatorTest.java b/maven-aether-provider/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/internal/DefaultServiceLocatorTest.java
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+package org.apache.maven.repository.internal;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.sonatype.aether.RepositorySystem;
+import org.sonatype.aether.impl.MetadataGeneratorFactory;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class DefaultServiceLocatorTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+
+    public void testGetRepositorySystem()
+    {
+        DefaultServiceLocator locator = new DefaultServiceLocator();
+        RepositorySystem repoSys = locator.getService( RepositorySystem.class );
+        assertNotNull( repoSys );
+    }
+
+    public void testGetMetadataGeneratorFactories()
+    {
+        DefaultServiceLocator locator = new DefaultServiceLocator();
+        assertEquals( 2, locator.getServices( MetadataGeneratorFactory.class ).size() );
+    }
+
+}