moved all test data to a top-level directory, refactored all junit usages of .testdata.path to one place

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk@806959 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

build.xml

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ under the License.
   <property name="main.lib" location="lib"/>
   <property name="ooxml.lib" location="ooxml-lib"/>
   <property name="main.reports.test" location="build/test-results"/>
+  <property name="poi.test.dir" location="test-data"/>
 
   <property name="main.commons-logging.jar" location="${main.lib}/commons-logging-1.1.jar"/>
   <property name="main.commons-logging.url" value="${repository.m2}/maven2/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1/commons-logging-1.1.jar"/>
@@ -566,12 +567,7 @@ under the License.
       <classpath refid="test.classpath"/>
       <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
       <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/> 
+      <sysproperty key="POI.testdata.path" file="${poi.test.dir}"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="POIFS.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/poifs/data"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="DDF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/ddf/data"/> 
       <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
       <formatter type="plain"/>
       <formatter type="xml"/>
@@ -602,10 +598,7 @@ under the License.
       </classpath>
       <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
       <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
+      <sysproperty key="POI.testdata.path" file="${poi.test.dir}"/> 
-      <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
-      <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
-      <sysproperty key="POIFS.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/poifs/data"/> 
       <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
       <formatter type="plain" usefile="no"/>
       <batchtest todir="${main.reports.test}">
@@ -631,15 +624,7 @@ under the License.
             </classpath>
             <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
             <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
+            <sysproperty key="POI.testdata.path" file="${poi.test.dir}"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HSMF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hsmf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HDGF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hdgf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HPBF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpbf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="POIFS.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/poifs/data"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="OOXML.testdata.path" file="${ooxml.src.test}/org/apache/poi/ooxml/data"/> 
             <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
             <formatter type="plain" usefile="no"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
@@ -675,15 +660,7 @@ under the License.
             </classpath>
             <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
             <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
+            <sysproperty key="POI.testdata.path" file="${poi.test.dir}"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HDF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hdf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HSMF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hsmf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HDGF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hdgf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HPBF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpbf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="POIFS.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/poifs/data"/> 
             <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
             <formatter type="plain"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
@@ -714,14 +691,7 @@ under the License.
 	        </classpath>
               <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
               <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-              <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
+              <sysproperty key="POI.testdata.path" file="${poi.test.dir}"/> 
-	            <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
-	            <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
-              <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/>
-              <sysproperty key="HSMF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hsmf/data"/>
-              <sysproperty key="HDGF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hdgf/data"/>
-              <sysproperty key="HPBF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpbf/data"/>
-              <sysproperty key="POIFS.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/poifs/data"/> 
 	            <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
 	            <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
 	            <formatter type="plain" usefile="no"/>
@@ -748,8 +718,6 @@ under the License.
             </classpath>
             <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
             <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${contrib.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${contrib.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
             <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
             <formatter type="plain"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
@@ -780,14 +748,7 @@ under the License.
             <classpath refid="test.ooxml.classpath" />
             <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
             <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="POIFS.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/poifs/data"/>
+            <sysproperty key="POI.testdata.path" file="${poi.test.dir}"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HDGF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hdgf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="OOXML.testdata.path" file="${ooxml.src.test}/org/apache/poi/ooxml/data"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="openxml4j.compliance.input" file="${ooxml.src.test}/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/opc/compliance/data"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="openxml4j.testdata.input" file="${ooxml.src.test}/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/opc/data"/> 
             <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
             <formatter type="plain"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>
@@ -811,12 +772,7 @@ under the License.
             <classpath refid="test.ooxml.classpath" />
             <sysproperty key="user.language" value="en"/> 
             <sysproperty key="user.country" value="US"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HSSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hssf/data"/>
+            <sysproperty key="POI.testdata.path" file="${poi.test.dir}"/> 
-            <sysproperty key="HPSF.testdata.path" file="${main.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hpsf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HSLF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hslf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HWPF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hwpf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HSMF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hsmf/data"/>
-            <sysproperty key="HDGF.testdata.path" file="${scratchpad.src.test}/org/apache/poi/hdgf/data"/>
             <sysproperty key="java.awt.headless" value="true"/>
             <formatter type="plain" usefile="no"/>
             <formatter type="xml"/>

src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.5-beta7" date="2009-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">moved all test data to a top-level directory</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">47721 - Added implementation for INDIRECT()</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">45583 - Avoid exception when reading ClipboardData packet in OLE property sets</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">47652 - Added support for reading encrypted workbooks</action>

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/TestEmbeded.java

@@ -36,34 +36,24 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
  */
 public class TestEmbeded extends TestCase
 {
-	public String dirname;
-
-	public void setUp() {
-		dirname = System.getProperty("OOXML.testdata.path");
-		assertNotNull(dirname);
-	}
-
 	public void testExcel() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dirname, "ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm");
+		POIXMLDocument doc = new XSSFWorkbook(
-		assertTrue(f.exists());
+                POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance().openResourceAsStream("ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm")
-		
+        );
-		POIXMLDocument doc = new XSSFWorkbook(OPCPackage.open(f.toString()));
 		test(doc, 4);
 	}
 
 	public void testWord() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dirname, "WordWithAttachments.docx");
+		POIXMLDocument doc = new XWPFDocument(
-		assertTrue(f.exists());
+                POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream("WordWithAttachments.docx")
-		
+        );
-		POIXMLDocument doc = new XWPFDocument(OPCPackage.open(f.toString()));
 		test(doc, 5);
 	}
 
 	public void testPowerPoint() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dirname, "PPTWithAttachments.pptm");
+		POIXMLDocument doc = new XSLFSlideShow(OPCPackage.open(
-		assertTrue(f.exists());
+                POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance().openResourceAsStream("PPTWithAttachments.pptm"))
-		
+        );
-		POIXMLDocument doc = new XSLFSlideShow(OPCPackage.open(f.toString()));
 		test(doc, 4);
 	}
 	

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/TestPOIXMLDocument.java

@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackagePart;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackageRelationship;
 import org.apache.poi.util.TempFile;
+import org.apache.poi.util.PackageHelper;
 
 /**
  * Test recursive read and write of OPC packages
  */
 public final class TestPOIXMLDocument extends TestCase {
+
     private static class OPCParser extends POIXMLDocument {
 
         public OPCParser(OPCPackage pkg) {
@@ -81,9 +83,8 @@ public final class TestPOIXMLDocument extends TestCase {
         }
     }
 
-    public void assertReadWrite(String path) throws Exception {
+    public void assertReadWrite(OPCPackage pkg1) throws Exception {
 
-        OPCPackage pkg1 = OPCPackage.open(path);
         OPCParser doc = new OPCParser(pkg1);
         doc.parse(new TestFactory());
 
@@ -124,17 +125,20 @@ public final class TestPOIXMLDocument extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public void testPPTX() throws Exception {
-        File file = new File(System.getProperty("OOXML.testdata.path"), "PPTWithAttachments.pptm");
+        assertReadWrite(
-        assertReadWrite(file.getAbsolutePath());
+                PackageHelper.open(POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance().openResourceAsStream("PPTWithAttachments.pptm"))
+        );
     }
 
     public void testXLSX() throws Exception {
-        File file = new File(System.getProperty("OOXML.testdata.path"), "ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm");
+        assertReadWrite(
-        assertReadWrite(file.getAbsolutePath());
+                PackageHelper.open(POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance().openResourceAsStream("ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm"))
+                );
     }
 
     public void testDOCX() throws Exception {
-        File file = new File(System.getProperty("OOXML.testdata.path"), "WordWithAttachments.docx");
+        assertReadWrite(
-        assertReadWrite(file.getAbsolutePath());
+                PackageHelper.open(POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream("WordWithAttachments.docx"))
+                );
     }
 }

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/TestXMLPropertiesTextExtractor.java

@@ -21,21 +21,16 @@ import java.io.File;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFExcelExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
+import org.apache.poi.util.PackageHelper;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 public final class TestXMLPropertiesTextExtractor extends TestCase {
-	private String dirname;
+    private static final POIDataSamples _ssSamples = POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance();
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-		dirname = System.getProperty("OOXML.testdata.path");
-		assertTrue( (new File(dirname)).exists() );
-	}
 
 	public void testGetFromMainExtractor() throws Exception {
-		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(
+		OPCPackage pkg = PackageHelper.open(_ssSamples.openResourceAsStream("ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm"));
-				(new File(dirname, "ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm")).toString()
+
-		);
 		XSSFWorkbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(pkg);
 
 		XSSFExcelExtractor ext = new XSSFExcelExtractor(wb);
@@ -54,8 +49,8 @@ public final class TestXMLPropertiesTextExtractor extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testCore() throws Exception {
-		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(
+		OPCPackage pkg = PackageHelper.open(
-				(new File(dirname, "ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm")).toString()
+                _ssSamples.openResourceAsStream("ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm")
 		);
 		XSSFWorkbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(pkg);
 
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ public final class TestXMLPropertiesTextExtractor extends TestCase {
 
 	public void testExtended() throws Exception {
 		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(
-				(new File(dirname, "ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm")).toString()
+                _ssSamples.openResourceAsStream("ExcelWithAttachments.xlsm")
 		);
 		XSSFWorkbook wb = new XSSFWorkbook(pkg);
 

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/extractor/TestExtractorFactory.java

@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.poi.POIOLE2TextExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.POITextExtractor;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.extractor.VisioTextExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.extractor.PowerPointExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor.ExcelExtractor;
+import org.apache.poi.hssf.HSSFTestDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor;
+import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFTestDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
 import org.apache.poi.xslf.extractor.XSLFPowerPointExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFExcelExtractor;
@@ -40,21 +43,18 @@ import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
  * Test that the extractor factory plays nicely
  */
 public class TestExtractorFactory extends TestCase {
-	private String excel_dir;
-	private String word_dir;
-	private String powerpoint_dir;
-	private String visio_dir;
-	private String poifs_dir;
 
 	private File txt;
 	
 	private File xls;
 	private File xlsx;
     private File xltx;
+    private File xlsEmb;
 
 	private File doc;
 	private File docx;
     private File dotx;
+    private File docEmb;
 
 	private File ppt;
 	private File pptx;
@@ -64,31 +64,25 @@ public class TestExtractorFactory extends TestCase {
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 		super.setUp();
 		
-		excel_dir = System.getProperty("HSSF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples ssTests = POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance();
-		word_dir = System.getProperty("HWPF.testdata.path");
+        xls = ssTests.getFile("SampleSS.xls");
-		powerpoint_dir = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+		xlsx = ssTests.getFile("SampleSS.xlsx");
-		visio_dir = System.getProperty("HDGF.testdata.path");
+        xltx = ssTests.getFile("test.xltx");
-		poifs_dir = System.getProperty("POIFS.testdata.path");
+        xlsEmb = ssTests.getFile("excel_with_embeded.xls");
-		assertNotNull(excel_dir);
-		assertNotNull(word_dir);
-		assertNotNull(powerpoint_dir);
-		assertNotNull(visio_dir);
-		assertNotNull(poifs_dir);
 
-		txt = new File(powerpoint_dir, "SampleShow.txt");
+        POIDataSamples wpTests = POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance();
+		doc = wpTests.getFile("SampleDoc.doc");
+		docx = wpTests.getFile("SampleDoc.docx");
+        dotx = wpTests.getFile("test.dotx");
+        docEmb = wpTests.getFile("word_with_embeded.doc");
 
-		xls = new File(excel_dir, "SampleSS.xls");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		xlsx = new File(excel_dir, "SampleSS.xlsx");
+		ppt = slTests.getFile("SampleShow.ppt");
-                xltx = new File(excel_dir, "test.xltx");
+		pptx = slTests.getFile("SampleShow.pptx");
+        txt = slTests.getFile("SampleShow.txt");
 
-		doc = new File(word_dir, "SampleDoc.doc");
+        POIDataSamples dgTests = POIDataSamples.getDiagramInstance();
-		docx = new File(word_dir, "SampleDoc.docx");
+		vsd = dgTests.getFile("Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd");
-        dotx = new File(word_dir, "test.dotx");
-
-		ppt = new File(powerpoint_dir, "SampleShow.ppt");
-		pptx = new File(powerpoint_dir, "SampleShow.pptx");
-		
-		vsd = new File(visio_dir, "Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd");
 	}
 
 	public void testFile() throws Exception {
@@ -339,7 +333,6 @@ public class TestExtractorFactory extends TestCase {
 	public void testEmbeded() throws Exception {
 		POIOLE2TextExtractor ext;
 		POITextExtractor[] embeds;
-		File f;
 
 		// No embedings
 		ext = (POIOLE2TextExtractor)
@@ -348,9 +341,8 @@ public class TestExtractorFactory extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals(0, embeds.length);
 		
 		// Excel
-		f = new File(poifs_dir, "excel_with_embeded.xls");
 		ext = (POIOLE2TextExtractor)
-				ExtractorFactory.createExtractor(f);
+				ExtractorFactory.createExtractor(xlsEmb);
 		embeds = ExtractorFactory.getEmbededDocsTextExtractors(ext);
 
 		assertEquals(6, embeds.length);
@@ -367,9 +359,8 @@ public class TestExtractorFactory extends TestCase {
         assertEquals(2, numWord);
 
         // Word
-		f = new File(poifs_dir, "word_with_embeded.doc");
 		ext = (POIOLE2TextExtractor)
-				ExtractorFactory.createExtractor(f);
+				ExtractorFactory.createExtractor(docEmb);
 		embeds = ExtractorFactory.getEmbededDocsTextExtractors(ext);
 		
         numWord = 0; numXls = 0; numPpt = 0;

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/OpenXML4JTestDataSamples.java

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.openxml4j;
 
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+import org.apache.poi.util.TempFile;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -28,121 +31,31 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
  * @author jmicich
  */
 public final class OpenXML4JTestDataSamples {
-
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getOpenXML4JInstance();
-	private static final String IN_DIR_PROP_NAME = "openxml4j.testdata.input";
-	private static final String COMP_IN_DIR_PROP_NAME = "openxml4j.compliance.input";
-	
-	private static File _sampleInputDir;
-	private static File _sampleOutputDir;
-	private static File _complianceSampleInputDir;
 
 	private OpenXML4JTestDataSamples() {
 		// no instances of this class
 	}
 
 	public static InputStream openSampleStream(String sampleFileName) {
-		File f = getSampleFile(sampleFileName);
+		return _samples.openResourceAsStream(sampleFileName);
-		try {
-			return new FileInputStream(f);
-		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
-		}
 	}
 	public static String getSampleFileName(String sampleFileName) {
-		// TODO - investigate allowing read/write access for package opened on stream
 		return getSampleFile(sampleFileName).getAbsolutePath();
 	}
 	
 	public static File getSampleFile(String sampleFileName) {
-		File dir = getSampleInputDir();
+		return _samples.getFile(sampleFileName);
-		File f = new File(dir, sampleFileName);
-		if (!f.exists()) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Specified sample file '" 
-					+ f.getAbsolutePath() + "' does not exist");
-		}
-		if (f.isDirectory()) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Specified sample file '" 
-					+ f.getAbsolutePath() + "' is a directory");
-		}
-		return f;
 	}
 	
 	public static File getOutputFile(String outputFileName) {
-		File dir = getSampleOutputDir();
+        String suffix = outputFileName.substring(outputFileName.lastIndexOf('.'));
-		return new File(dir, outputFileName);
+        return TempFile.createTempFile(outputFileName, suffix);
 	}
 
 
 	public static InputStream openComplianceSampleStream(String sampleFileName) {
-		File f = getComplianceSampleFile(sampleFileName);
+        return _samples.openResourceAsStream(sampleFileName);
-		try {
-			return new FileInputStream(f);
-		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
-		}
-	}
-	private static File getComplianceSampleFile(String sampleFileName) {
-		File dir = getComplianceSampleInputDir();
-		File f = new File(dir, sampleFileName);
-		if (!f.exists()) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Specified sample file '" 
-					+ f.getAbsolutePath() + "' does not exist");
-		}
-		if (f.isDirectory()) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Specified sample file '" 
-					+ f.getAbsolutePath() + "' is a directory");
-		}
-		return f;
-	}
-	public static String getComplianceSampleFileName(String sampleFileName) {
-		return getComplianceSampleFile(sampleFileName).getAbsolutePath();
-	}
-	private static File getComplianceSampleInputDir() {
-		if (_complianceSampleInputDir == null) {
-			_complianceSampleInputDir = getAndCheckDirByProperty(COMP_IN_DIR_PROP_NAME);
-		}
-		return _complianceSampleInputDir;
-	}
-
-	
-	private static File getSampleInputDir() {
-		if (_sampleInputDir == null) {
-			_sampleInputDir = getAndCheckDirByProperty(IN_DIR_PROP_NAME);
-		}
-		return _sampleInputDir;
-	}
-
-	private static File getAndCheckDirByProperty(String propName) {
-		String dirName = System.getProperty(propName);
-		File dir = new File(dirName);
-		if (!dir.exists()) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Specified '" + propName + "' directory: '"
-					+ dirName + "' does not exist");
-		}
-		if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
-			throw new RuntimeException("Specified '" + propName + "' directory: '"
-					+ dirName + "' is a not a proper directory");
-		}
-		return dir;
-	}
-
-	private static File getSampleOutputDir() {
-		if (_sampleOutputDir == null) {
-            File dir = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"), "poifiles");
-			if (dir.exists()) {
-    			if (!dir.isDirectory()) {
-    				throw new RuntimeException("Specified output directory: '"
-    						+ dir.getAbsolutePath() + "' is a not a proper directory");
-    			}
-			} else {
-				if (!dir.mkdirs()) {
-					throw new RuntimeException("Failed to create directory: '"
-							+ dir.getAbsolutePath() + "'");
-				}
-			}
-			_sampleOutputDir = dir;
-		}
-		return _sampleOutputDir;
 	}
 
 }

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/opc/compliance/TestOPCComplianceCoreProperties.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackageRelationshipTypes;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackagingURIHelper;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.TargetMode;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test core properties Open Packaging Convention compliance.
@@ -144,11 +145,11 @@ public final class TestOPCComplianceCoreProperties extends TestCase {
 	 * Test M4.1 rule.
 	 */
 	public void testOnlyOneCorePropertiesPart_AddPart() {
-		String sampleFileName = OpenXML4JTestDataSamples.getComplianceSampleFileName("OPCCompliance_CoreProperties_OnlyOneCorePropertiesPart.docx");
+		String sampleFileName = "OPCCompliance_CoreProperties_OnlyOneCorePropertiesPart.docx";
 		OPCPackage pkg = null;
 		try {
-			pkg = OPCPackage.open(sampleFileName);
+			pkg = OPCPackage.open(POIDataSamples.getOpenXML4JInstance().getFile(sampleFileName).getPath());
-		} catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
+		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}
 		

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/openxml4j/opc/compliance/TestOPCCompliancePackageModel.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.compliance;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackagePartName;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackageRelationshipTypes;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackagingURIHelper;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.TargetMode;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test Open Packaging Convention package model compliance.
@@ -70,11 +72,10 @@ public class TestOPCCompliancePackageModel extends TestCase {
 	 * part name derived from another part name by appending segments to it.
 	 * [M1.11]
 	 */
-	public void testPartNameDerivationReadingFailure() {
+	public void testPartNameDerivationReadingFailure() throws IOException {
-		String filepath = System.getProperty("openxml4j.compliance.input")
+		String filename = "OPCCompliance_DerivedPartNameFAIL.docx";
-				+ File.separator + "OPCCompliance_DerivedPartNameFAIL.docx";
 		try {
-			OPCPackage.open(filepath);
+			OPCPackage.open(POIDataSamples.getOpenXML4JInstance().openResourceAsStream(filename));
 		} catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
 			return;
 		}

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xslf/TestXSLFSlideShow.java

@@ -16,31 +16,23 @@
 ==================================================================== */
 package org.apache.poi.xslf;
 
-import java.io.File;
-
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import org.apache.poi.POIXMLDocument;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackagePart;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.presentationml.x2006.main.CTSlideIdListEntry;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.presentationml.x2006.main.CTSlideMasterIdListEntry;
 
 public class TestXSLFSlideShow extends TestCase {
-	private String sampleFile;
+    private static final POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+    private OPCPackage pack;
 
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		super.setUp();
+		pack = OPCPackage.open(slTests.openResourceAsStream("sample.pptx"));
-		
-		sampleFile = new File(
-				System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") +
-				File.separator + "sample.pptx"
-		).toString();
 	}
 
 	public void testContainsMainContentType() throws Exception {
-		OPCPackage pack = POIXMLDocument.openPackage(sampleFile);
-		
 		boolean found = false;
 		for(PackagePart part : pack.getParts()) {
 			if(part.getContentType().equals(XSLFSlideShow.MAIN_CONTENT_TYPE)) {
@@ -52,15 +44,11 @@ public class TestXSLFSlideShow extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testOpen() throws Exception {
-		POIXMLDocument.openPackage(sampleFile);
 
 		XSLFSlideShow xml;
 		
 		// With the finalised uri, should be fine
-		xml = new XSLFSlideShow(
+		xml = new XSLFSlideShow(pack);
-				POIXMLDocument.openPackage(sampleFile)
-		);
-		
 		// Check the core
 		assertNotNull(xml.getPresentation());
 		
@@ -74,7 +62,7 @@ public class TestXSLFSlideShow extends TestCase {
 	}
 	
 	public void testSlideBasics() throws Exception {
-		XSLFSlideShow xml = new XSLFSlideShow(sampleFile);
+		XSLFSlideShow xml = new XSLFSlideShow(pack);
 		
 		// Should have 1 master
 		assertEquals(1, xml.getSlideMasterReferences().sizeOfSldMasterIdArray());
@@ -108,7 +96,7 @@ public class TestXSLFSlideShow extends TestCase {
 	}
 	
 	public void testMetadataBasics() throws Exception {
-		XSLFSlideShow xml = new XSLFSlideShow(sampleFile);
+		XSLFSlideShow xml = new XSLFSlideShow(pack);
 		
 		assertNotNull(xml.getProperties().getCoreProperties());
 		assertNotNull(xml.getProperties().getExtendedProperties());

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xslf/extractor/TestXSLFPowerPointExtractor.java

@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 ==================================================================== */
 package org.apache.poi.xslf.extractor;
 
-import java.io.File;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
-
+import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
-import org.apache.poi.POIXMLDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.xslf.XSLFSlideShow;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -31,18 +30,12 @@ public class TestXSLFPowerPointExtractor extends TestCase {
 	 * A simple file
 	 */
 	private XSLFSlideShow xmlA;
-	private File fileA;
+	private OPCPackage pkg;
 
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		super.setUp();
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		
+		pkg = OPCPackage.open(slTests.openResourceAsStream("sample.pptx"));
-		fileA = new File(
+		xmlA = new XSLFSlideShow(pkg);
-				System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") +
-				File.separator + "sample.pptx"
-		);
-		assertTrue(fileA.exists());
-		
-		xmlA = new XSLFSlideShow(fileA.toString());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -50,8 +43,7 @@ public class TestXSLFPowerPointExtractor extends TestCase {
 	 */
 	public void testGetSimpleText() throws Exception {
 		new XSLFPowerPointExtractor(xmlA);
-		new XSLFPowerPointExtractor(
+		new XSLFPowerPointExtractor(pkg);
-				POIXMLDocument.openPackage(fileA.toString()));
 		
 		XSLFPowerPointExtractor extractor = 
 			new XSLFPowerPointExtractor(xmlA);
@@ -110,13 +102,8 @@ public class TestXSLFPowerPointExtractor extends TestCase {
 	}
 	
 	public void testGetComments() throws Exception {
-		File file = new File(
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-				System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") +
+		xmlA = new XSLFSlideShow(OPCPackage.open(slTests.openResourceAsStream("45545_Comment.pptx")));
-				File.separator + "45545_Comment.pptx"
-		);
-		assertTrue(file.exists());
-		
-		xmlA = new XSLFSlideShow(file.toString());
 		XSLFPowerPointExtractor extractor = 
 			new XSLFPowerPointExtractor(xmlA);
 		

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/XSSFITestDataProvider.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.SpreadsheetVersion;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.HSSFTestDataSamples;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public final class XSSFITestDataProvider implements ITestDataProvider {
     }
 
     public byte[] getTestDataFileContent(String fileName) {
-        return HSSFTestDataSamples.getTestDataFileContent(fileName);
+        return POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance().readFile(fileName);
     }
 
     public SpreadsheetVersion getSpreadsheetVersion(){

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/XSSFTestDataSamples.java

@@ -39,14 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.TempFile;
  */
 public class XSSFTestDataSamples {
 
-    public static InputStream openSampleFileStream(String sampleFileName) {
+	public static XSSFWorkbook openSampleWorkbook(String sampleName) {
-        return HSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream(sampleFileName);
-    }
-    public static byte[] getTestDataFileContent(String fileName) {
-        return HSSFTestDataSamples.getTestDataFileContent(fileName);
-    }
-
-	public static final XSSFWorkbook openSampleWorkbook(String sampleName) {
 		InputStream is = HSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream(sampleName);
 		try {
 			return new XSSFWorkbook(is);
@@ -57,24 +50,17 @@ public class XSSFTestDataSamples {
     public static <R extends Workbook> R writeOutAndReadBack(R wb) {
     	Workbook result;
 		try {
-	    	if (wb instanceof HSSFWorkbook) {
             ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(8192);
             wb.write(baos);
             InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
+	    	if (wb instanceof HSSFWorkbook) {
 	    		result = new HSSFWorkbook(is);
 	    	} else if (wb instanceof XSSFWorkbook) {
-                File tmp = TempFile.createTempFile("poi-ooxml-", ".xlsx");
+    			result = new XSSFWorkbook(is);
-                FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(tmp);
-                wb.write(out);
-                out.close();
-                OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(tmp.getAbsolutePath());
-    			result = new XSSFWorkbook(pkg);
 	    	} else {
 	    		throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected workbook type ("
 	    				+ wb.getClass().getName() + ")");
 	    	}
-		} catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(e);
 		}

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/eventusermodel/TestXSSFReader.java

@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
 import org.apache.poi.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.XSSFTestDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFRichTextString;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link XSSFReader}
  */
 public final class TestXSSFReader extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _ssTests = POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance();
 
     public void testGetBits() throws Exception {
-		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
+		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(_ssTests.openResourceAsStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
 
 		XSSFReader r = new XSSFReader(pkg);
 
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ public final class TestXSSFReader extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testStyles() throws Exception {
-		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
+		OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(_ssTests.openResourceAsStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
 
 		XSSFReader r = new XSSFReader(pkg);
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ public final class TestXSSFReader extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testStrings() throws Exception {
-        OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
+        OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(_ssTests.openResourceAsStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
 
 		XSSFReader r = new XSSFReader(pkg);
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ public final class TestXSSFReader extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testSheets() throws Exception {
-        OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
+        OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(_ssTests.openResourceAsStream("SampleSS.xlsx"));
 
 		XSSFReader r = new XSSFReader(pkg);
 		byte[] data = new byte[4096];
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ public final class TestXSSFReader extends TestCase {
 	 * (as they are defined in the workbook.xml)
 	 */
 	public void testOrderOfSheets() throws Exception {
-        OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(XSSFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream("reordered_sheets.xlsx"));
+        OPCPackage pkg = OPCPackage.open(_ssTests.openResourceAsStream("reordered_sheets.xlsx"));
 
 		XSSFReader r = new XSSFReader(pkg);
 

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/io/TestLoadSaveXSSF.java

@@ -28,23 +28,15 @@ import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFPictureData;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.XSSFITestDataProvider;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 
 public class TestLoadSaveXSSF extends TestCase {
-
+    private static final POIDataSamples _ssSampels = POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance();
-    String filename;
-
-    protected void setUp() {
-
-        System.setProperty("org.apache.poi.util.POILogger", org.apache.poi.util.CommonsLogger.class.getName());
-        filename = System.getProperty("XSSF.testdata.path");
-        if (filename == null) {
-            filename = "src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xssf/data";
-        }
-    }
 
     public void testLoadSample() throws Exception {
-        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(new File(filename, "sample.xlsx").getAbsolutePath());
+        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(_ssSampels.openResourceAsStream("sample.xlsx"));
         assertEquals(3, workbook.getNumberOfSheets());
         assertEquals("Sheet1", workbook.getSheetName(0));
         Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
@@ -58,7 +50,7 @@ public class TestLoadSaveXSSF extends TestCase {
 
     // TODO filename string hard coded in XSSFWorkbook constructor in order to make ant test-ooxml target be successful.
     public void testLoadStyles() throws Exception {
-        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(new File(filename, "styles.xlsx").getAbsolutePath());
+        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(_ssSampels.openResourceAsStream("styles.xlsx"));
         Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
         Row row = sheet.getRow(0);
         Cell cell = row.getCell((short) 0);
@@ -68,7 +60,7 @@ public class TestLoadSaveXSSF extends TestCase {
 
     // TODO filename string hard coded in XSSFWorkbook constructor in order to make ant test-ooxml target be successful.
     public void testLoadPictures() throws Exception {
-        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(new File(filename, "picture.xlsx").getAbsolutePath());
+        XSSFWorkbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(_ssSampels.openResourceAsStream("picture.xlsx"));
         List<XSSFPictureData> pictures = workbook.getAllPictures();
         assertEquals(1, pictures.size());
     }

src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/XWPFTestDataSamples.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 public class XWPFTestDataSamples {
 
     public static XWPFDocument openSampleDocument(String sampleName) {
-        InputStream is = HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream(sampleName);
+        InputStream is = POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream(sampleName);
         try {
             return new XWPFDocument(is);
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -46,9 +46,4 @@ public class XWPFTestDataSamples {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
-
-    public static POIDataSamples getInstance(){
-        return HWPFTestDataSamples.getInstance();
-    }
-
 }

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/TestPOIDocumentScratchpad.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import java.io.*;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
-import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
+import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFTestDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
 
 /**
@@ -41,29 +41,15 @@ public final class TestPOIDocumentScratchpad extends TestCase {
 	// The POI Documents to work on
 	private POIDocument doc;
 	private POIDocument doc2;
-	// POIFS primed on the test (powerpoint and word) data
-	private POIFSFileSystem pfs;
-	private POIFSFileSystem pfs2;
 
 	/**
 	 * Set things up, using a PowerPoint document and
 	 *  a Word Document for our testing
 	 */
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirnameHSLF = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+		doc = new HSLFSlideShow(POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance().openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		String filenameHSLF = dirnameHSLF + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
-		String dirnameHSSF = System.getProperty("HSSF.testdata.path");
-		String filenameHSSF = dirnameHSLF + "/DateFormats.ppt";
-		String dirnameHWPF = System.getProperty("HWPF.testdata.path");
-		String filenameHWPF = dirnameHWPF + "/test2.doc";
 
-		FileInputStream fisHSLF = new FileInputStream(filenameHSLF);
+		doc2 = HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile("test2.doc");
-		pfs = new POIFSFileSystem(fisHSLF);
-		doc = new HSLFSlideShow(pfs);
-
-		FileInputStream fisHWPF = new FileInputStream(filenameHWPF);
-		pfs2 = new POIFSFileSystem(fisHWPF);
-		doc2 = new HWPFDocument(pfs2);
 	}
 
 	public void testReadProperties() {

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hdf/model/TestHDFDocument.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Class to test {@link HDFDocument} functionality
@@ -30,19 +31,12 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
  * @author Bob Otterberg
  */
 public final class TestHDFDocument extends TestCase {
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance();
+
     public void testStopJUnitComplainintAboutNoTests() {
         // TODO - fix these junits
     }
 
-    private static InputStream openSample(String sampleFileName) {
-        String fullPathName = System.getProperty("HDF.testdata.path") + "/" + sampleFileName;
-        try {
-            return new FileInputStream(System.getProperty("HDF.testdata.path"));
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Sample HDF file '" + fullPathName + "' was not found.");
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * OBJECTIVE:  Test that HDF can read an empty document (empty.doc).<P>
      * SUCCESS:    HDF reads the document.  Matches values in their particular positions.<P>
@@ -50,7 +44,7 @@ public final class TestHDFDocument extends TestCase {
      *             in the document in their known positions.<P>
      */
     public void fixme_testEmpty() throws IOException {
-        InputStream stream = openSample("empty.doc");
+        InputStream stream = _samples.openResourceAsStream("empty.doc");
         new HDFDocument(stream);
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ public final class TestHDFDocument extends TestCase {
      *             in the document in their known positions.<P>
      */
     public void fixme_testSimple() throws IOException {
-        InputStream stream = openSample("simple.doc");
+        InputStream stream = _samples.openResourceAsStream("simple.doc");
         new HDFDocument(stream);
     }
 
@@ -73,7 +67,7 @@ public final class TestHDFDocument extends TestCase {
      *
      */
     public void fixme_testSimpleList() throws IOException {
-        InputStream stream = openSample("simple-list.doc");
+        InputStream stream = _samples.openResourceAsStream("simple-list.doc");
         new HDFDocument(stream);
     }
 
@@ -84,7 +78,7 @@ public final class TestHDFDocument extends TestCase {
      *             in the document in their known positions.<P>
      */
     public void fixme_testSimpleTable() throws IOException {
-        InputStream stream = openSample("simple-table.doc");
+        InputStream stream = _samples.openResourceAsStream("simple-table.doc");
         new HDFDocument(stream);
     }
 }

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hdgf/TestHDGFCore.java

@@ -22,18 +22,17 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.streams.PointerContainingStream;
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.streams.TrailerStream;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 public final class TestHDGFCore extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _dgTests = POIDataSamples.getDiagramInstance();
+
 	private POIFSFileSystem fs;
-	private String dirname;
-	private String filename;
 
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		dirname = System.getProperty("HDGF.testdata.path");
+		fs = new POIFSFileSystem(_dgTests.openResourceAsStream("Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd"));
-		filename = dirname + "/Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd";
-		fs = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(filename));
 	}
 
 	public void testCreate() throws Exception {
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ public final class TestHDGFCore extends TestCase {
 	 *  appears to have a negative chunk length
 	 */
 	public void DISABLEDtestNegativeChunkLength() throws Exception {
-		filename = dirname + "/NegativeChunkLength.vsd";
+		fs = new POIFSFileSystem(_dgTests.openResourceAsStream("NegativeChunkLength.vsd"));
-		fs = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(filename));
 
 		HDGFDiagram hdgf = new HDGFDiagram(fs);
 		assertNotNull(hdgf);

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hdgf/extractor/TestVisioExtractor.java

@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ package org.apache.poi.hdgf.extractor;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.HDGFDiagram;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 public final class TestVisioExtractor extends TestCase {
-	private String dirname;
+    private static POIDataSamples _dgTests = POIDataSamples.getDiagramInstance();
+
 	private String defFilename;
 	protected void setUp() {
-		dirname = System.getProperty("HDGF.testdata.path");
+		defFilename = "Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd";
-		defFilename = dirname + "/Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd";
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ public final class TestVisioExtractor extends TestCase {
 	public void testCreation() throws Exception {
 		VisioTextExtractor extractor;
 
-		extractor = new VisioTextExtractor(new FileInputStream(defFilename));
+		extractor = new VisioTextExtractor(_dgTests.openResourceAsStream(defFilename));
 		assertNotNull(extractor);
 		assertNotNull(extractor.getAllText());
 		assertEquals(3, extractor.getAllText().length);
 
 		extractor = new VisioTextExtractor(
 				new POIFSFileSystem(
-						new FileInputStream(defFilename)
+						_dgTests.openResourceAsStream(defFilename)
 				)
 		);
 		assertNotNull(extractor);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public final class TestVisioExtractor extends TestCase {
 		extractor = new VisioTextExtractor(
 			new HDGFDiagram(
 				new POIFSFileSystem(
-						new FileInputStream(defFilename)
+						_dgTests.openResourceAsStream(defFilename)
 				)
 			)
 		);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public final class TestVisioExtractor extends TestCase {
 
 	public void testExtraction() throws Exception {
 		VisioTextExtractor extractor =
-			new VisioTextExtractor(new FileInputStream(defFilename));
+			new VisioTextExtractor(_dgTests.openResourceAsStream(defFilename));
 
 		// Check the array fetch
 		String[] text = extractor.getAllText();
@@ -86,20 +86,11 @@ public final class TestVisioExtractor extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testProblemFiles() throws Exception {
-		File a = new File(dirname, "44594.vsd");
+		String[] files = {"44594.vsd", "44594-2.vsd", "ShortChunk1.vsd", "ShortChunk2.vsd", "ShortChunk3.vsd"};
-		VisioTextExtractor.main(new String[] {a.toString()});
+        for(String file : files){
-
+            VisioTextExtractor ex = new VisioTextExtractor(_dgTests.openResourceAsStream(file));
-		File b = new File(dirname, "44594-2.vsd");
+            ex.getText();
-		VisioTextExtractor.main(new String[] {b.toString()});
+        }
-
-		File c = new File(dirname, "ShortChunk1.vsd");
-		VisioTextExtractor.main(new String[] {c.toString()});
-
-		File d = new File(dirname, "ShortChunk2.vsd");
-		VisioTextExtractor.main(new String[] {d.toString()});
-
-		File e = new File(dirname, "ShortChunk3.vsd");
-		VisioTextExtractor.main(new String[] {e.toString()});
 	}
 
 	public void testMain() throws Exception {
@@ -108,7 +99,8 @@ public final class TestVisioExtractor extends TestCase {
 		PrintStream capture = new PrintStream(baos);
 		System.setOut(capture);
 
-		VisioTextExtractor.main(new String[] {defFilename});
+        String path = _dgTests.getFile(defFilename).getPath();
+        VisioTextExtractor.main(new String[] {path});
 
 		// Put things back
 		System.setOut(oldOut);

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hdgf/streams/TestStreamBugs.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.poi.hdgf.streams;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.HDGFDiagram;
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.chunks.ChunkFactory;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hdgf.pointers.Pointer;
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.pointers.PointerFactory;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DocumentEntry;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests for bugs with streams
@@ -36,13 +38,11 @@ public final class TestStreamBugs extends StreamTest {
 	private POIFSFileSystem filesystem;
 
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HDGF.testdata.path");
-		String filename = dirname + "/44594.vsd";
 		ptrFactory = new PointerFactory(11);
 		chunkFactory = new ChunkFactory(11);
 
-		FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(filename);
+        InputStream is = POIDataSamples.getDiagramInstance().openResourceAsStream("44594.vsd");
-		filesystem = new POIFSFileSystem(fin);
+        filesystem = new POIFSFileSystem(is);
 
 		DocumentEntry docProps =
 			(DocumentEntry)filesystem.getRoot().getEntry("VisioDocument");

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hdgf/streams/TestStreamComplex.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.poi.hdgf.streams;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.chunks.Chunk;
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.chunks.ChunkFactory;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hdgf.pointers.Pointer;
 import org.apache.poi.hdgf.pointers.PointerFactory;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DocumentEntry;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 public final class TestStreamComplex extends StreamTest {
 	private byte[] contents;
@@ -34,13 +36,11 @@ public final class TestStreamComplex extends StreamTest {
 	private PointerFactory ptrFactory;
 
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HDGF.testdata.path");
-		String filename = dirname + "/Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd";
 		ptrFactory = new PointerFactory(11);
 		chunkFactory = new ChunkFactory(11);
 
-		FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(filename);
+        InputStream is = POIDataSamples.getDiagramInstance().openResourceAsStream("Test_Visio-Some_Random_Text.vsd");
-		POIFSFileSystem filesystem = new POIFSFileSystem(fin);
+		POIFSFileSystem filesystem = new POIFSFileSystem(is);
 
 		DocumentEntry docProps =
 			(DocumentEntry)filesystem.getRoot().getEntry("VisioDocument");

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpbf/TestHPBFDocument.java

@@ -21,27 +21,22 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 public final class TestHPBFDocument extends TestCase {
-	private String dir;
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getPublisherInstance();
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-		dir = System.getProperty("HPBF.testdata.path");
-	}
 
 	public void testOpen() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		assertNotNull(doc);
 	}
 
 	public void testBits() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		assertNotNull(doc.getMainContents());

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpbf/extractor/TextPublisherTextExtractor.java

@@ -21,37 +21,31 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.HPBFDocument;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 public final class TextPublisherTextExtractor extends TestCase {
-	private String dir;
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getPublisherInstance();
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-		dir = System.getProperty("HPBF.testdata.path");
-	}
 
 	public void testBasics() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+				_samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		PublisherTextExtractor ext =
 			new PublisherTextExtractor(doc);
 		ext.getText();
 
-		f = new File(dir, "Simple.pub");
 		ext = new PublisherTextExtractor(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Simple.pub")
 		);
 		ext.getText();
 	}
 
 	public void testContents() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		PublisherTextExtractor ext =
@@ -87,9 +81,8 @@ public final class TextPublisherTextExtractor extends TestCase {
 		);
 
 		// Now a simpler one
-		f = new File(dir, "Simple.pub");
 		ext = new PublisherTextExtractor(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Simple.pub")
 		);
 		text = ext.getText();
 		assertEquals(
@@ -113,21 +106,18 @@ public final class TextPublisherTextExtractor extends TestCase {
 		File f;
 		HPBFDocument doc;
 
-		f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 		String s2007 = (new PublisherTextExtractor(doc)).getText();
 
-		f = new File(dir, "Sample2000.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample2000.pub")
 		);
 		String s2000 = (new PublisherTextExtractor(doc)).getText();
 
-		f = new File(dir, "Sample98.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample98.pub")
 		);
 		String s98 = (new PublisherTextExtractor(doc)).getText();
 
@@ -141,9 +131,8 @@ public final class TextPublisherTextExtractor extends TestCase {
 	 *  as we can hope it to.
 	 */
 	public void testWithHyperlinks() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "LinkAt10.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("LinkAt10.pub")
 		);
 
 		PublisherTextExtractor ext =
@@ -159,8 +148,9 @@ public final class TextPublisherTextExtractor extends TestCase {
 
 
 		// Now a much more complex document
-		f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
+		ext = new PublisherTextExtractor(
-		ext = new PublisherTextExtractor(new FileInputStream(f));
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
+        );
 		ext.setHyperlinksByDefault(true);
 		String text = ext.getText();
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpbf/model/TestEscherParts.java

@@ -21,20 +21,16 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.HPBFDocument;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 public final class TestEscherParts extends TestCase {
-	private String dir;
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getPublisherInstance();
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-		dir = System.getProperty("HPBF.testdata.path");
-	}
 
 	public void testBasics() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+		    _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		EscherStm es = doc.getEscherStm();
@@ -50,9 +46,8 @@ public final class TestEscherParts extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testComplex() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "SampleBrochure.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("SampleBrochure.pub")
 		);
 
 		EscherStm es = doc.getEscherStm();
@@ -68,9 +63,8 @@ public final class TestEscherParts extends TestCase {
 
 
 		// Now do another complex file
-		f = new File(dir, "SampleNewsletter.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("SampleNewsletter.pub")
 		);
 
 		es = doc.getEscherStm();

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpbf/model/TestQuillContents.java

@@ -17,29 +17,22 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.hpbf.model;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.HPBFDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.model.qcbits.QCTextBit;
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.model.qcbits.QCPLCBit.Type12;
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.model.qcbits.QCPLCBit.Type0;
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.model.qcbits.QCPLCBit.Type4;
 import org.apache.poi.hpbf.model.qcbits.QCPLCBit.Type8;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
-	private String dir;
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getPublisherInstance();
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-		dir = System.getProperty("HPBF.testdata.path");
-	}
 
 	public void testBasics() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+		    _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		QuillContents qc = doc.getQuillContents();
@@ -69,9 +62,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testText() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		QuillContents qc = doc.getQuillContents();
@@ -84,9 +76,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testPLC() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Simple.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Simple.pub")
 		);
 
 		QuillContents qc = doc.getQuillContents();
@@ -145,9 +136,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testComplexPLC() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 
 		QuillContents qc = doc.getQuillContents();
@@ -247,9 +237,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testNoHyperlinks() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(dir, "SampleNewsletter.pub");
 		HPBFDocument doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("SampleNewsletter.pub")
 		);
 
 		QuillContents qc = doc.getQuillContents();
@@ -264,15 +253,13 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testSimpleHyperlink() throws Exception {
-		File f;
 		HPBFDocument doc;
 		QuillContents qc;
 		Type12 hlBit;
 
 		// Link at 10
-		f = new File(dir, "LinkAt10.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("LinkAt10.pub")
 		);
 		qc = doc.getQuillContents();
 
@@ -285,9 +272,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("http://poi.apache.org/", hlBit.getHyperlink(0));
 
 		// Longer link at 10
-		f = new File(dir, "LinkAt10Longer.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("LinkAt10Longer.pub")
 		);
 		qc = doc.getQuillContents();
 
@@ -300,9 +286,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("http://poi.apache.org/hpbf/", hlBit.getHyperlink(0));
 
 		// Link at 20
-		f = new File(dir, "LinkAt20.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("LinkAt20.pub")
 		);
 		qc = doc.getQuillContents();
 
@@ -316,15 +301,13 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testManyHyperlinks() throws Exception {
-		File f;
 		HPBFDocument doc;
 		QuillContents qc;
 		Type12 hlBit;
 
 		// Link at 10
-		f = new File(dir, "LinkAt10.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("LinkAt10.pub")
 		);
 		qc = doc.getQuillContents();
 
@@ -339,16 +322,14 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testHyperlinkDifferentVersions() throws Exception {
-		File f;
 		HPBFDocument doc;
 		QuillContents qc;
 		Type12 hlBitA;
 		Type12 hlBitB;
 
 		// Latest version
-		f = new File(dir, "Sample.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample.pub")
 		);
 		qc = doc.getQuillContents();
 
@@ -375,9 +356,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("mailto:dev@poi.apache.org?subject=HPBF", hlBitB.getHyperlink(2));
 
 		// 2000 version
-		f = new File(dir, "Sample2000.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample2000.pub")
 		);
 		qc = doc.getQuillContents();
 
@@ -404,9 +384,8 @@ public final class TestQuillContents extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("mailto:dev@poi.apache.org?subject=HPBF", hlBitB.getHyperlink(2));
 
 		// 98 version
-		f = new File(dir, "Sample98.pub");
 		doc = new HPBFDocument(
-				new FileInputStream(f)
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("Sample98.pub")
 		);
 		qc = doc.getQuillContents();
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/TestEncryptedFile.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.exceptions.EncryptedPowerPointFileException;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that HSLFSlideShow does the right thing with an encrypted file
@@ -28,48 +29,31 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.exceptions.EncryptedPowerPointFileException;
  * @author Nick Burch (nick at torchbox dot com)
  */
 public final class TestEncryptedFile extends TestCase {
-	// A non encrypted file
+    private static POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-	private String ss_ne;
-	// An encrypted file, with encrypted properties
-	private String ss_e;
-	// An encrypted file, without encrypted properties
-	private String ss_np_e;
-	// An encrypted file, with a 56 bit key
-	private String ss_56_e;
-
-
-	public TestEncryptedFile() {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
-
-		ss_ne = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
-		ss_e = dirname + "/Password_Protected-hello.ppt";
-		ss_np_e = dirname + "/Password_Protected-np-hello.ppt";
-		ss_56_e = dirname + "/Password_Protected-56-hello.ppt";
-	}
 
 	public void testLoadNonEncrypted() throws Exception {
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(ss_ne);
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
 
 		assertNotNull(hss);
 	}
 
 	public void testLoadEncrypted() throws Exception {
 		try {
-			new HSLFSlideShow(ss_e);
+            new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("Password_Protected-hello.ppt"));
 			fail();
 		} catch(EncryptedPowerPointFileException e) {
 			// Good
 		}
 
 		try {
-			new HSLFSlideShow(ss_np_e);
+            new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("Password_Protected-np-hello.ppt"));
 			fail();
 		} catch(EncryptedPowerPointFileException e) {
 			// Good
 		}
 
 		try {
-			new HSLFSlideShow(ss_56_e);
+            new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("Password_Protected-56-hello.ppt"));
 			fail();
 		} catch(EncryptedPowerPointFileException e) {
 			// Good

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/TestReWrite.java

@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf;
 
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
-import java.io.*;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 
 /**
  * Tests that HSLFSlideShow writes the powerpoint bit of data back out
@@ -41,21 +45,16 @@ public final class TestReWrite extends TestCase {
 	private POIFSFileSystem pfsC;
 
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
 
-		String filenameA = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		FileInputStream fisA = new FileInputStream(filenameA);
+        
-		pfsA = new POIFSFileSystem(fisA);
+		pfsA = new POIFSFileSystem(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
 		hssA = new HSLFSlideShow(pfsA);
 
-		String filenameB = dirname + "/ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt";
+        pfsB = new POIFSFileSystem(slTests.openResourceAsStream("ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt"));
-		FileInputStream fisB = new FileInputStream(filenameB);
-		pfsB = new POIFSFileSystem(fisB);
 		hssB = new HSLFSlideShow(pfsB);
 
-		String filenameC = dirname + "/WithMacros.ppt";
+        pfsC = new POIFSFileSystem(slTests.openResourceAsStream("WithMacros.ppt"));
-		FileInputStream fisC = new FileInputStream(filenameC);
-		pfsC = new POIFSFileSystem(fisC);
 		hssC = new HSLFSlideShow(pfsC);
     }
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/TestReWriteSanity.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.*;
 import java.util.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.*;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that HSLFSlideShow writes the powerpoint bit of data back out
@@ -37,10 +38,8 @@ public final class TestReWriteSanity extends TestCase {
 	private POIFSFileSystem pfs;
 
     public TestReWriteSanity() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		pfs = new POIFSFileSystem(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filename);
-		pfs = new POIFSFileSystem(fis);
 		ss = new HSLFSlideShow(pfs);
     }
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/TestRecordCounts.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that HSLFSlideShow returns the right numbers of key records when
@@ -32,9 +33,8 @@ public final class TestRecordCounts extends TestCase {
 	private HSLFSlideShow ss;
 
 	public TestRecordCounts() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		ss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		ss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 	}
 
 	public void testSheetsCount() {

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/TestCruddyExtractor.java

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.extractor;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+
 /**
  * Tests that the QuickButCruddyTextExtractor works correctly
  *
@@ -56,9 +58,8 @@ public final class TestCruddyExtractor extends TestCase {
 	};
 
     public TestCruddyExtractor() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		te = new QuickButCruddyTextExtractor(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		te = new QuickButCruddyTextExtractor(filename);
     }
 
     public void testReadAsVector() {

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/extractor/TestExtractor.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DirectoryNode;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -41,19 +42,15 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
 	private PowerPointExtractor ppe;
 	/** Extractor primed on the 1 page but text-box'd test data */
 	private PowerPointExtractor ppe2;
-	/** Where to go looking for our test files */
-	private String dirname;
 	/** Where our embeded files live */
-	private String pdirname;
+	//private String pdirname;
+    private static POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+    //private String pdirname;
 
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
-		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(filename);
-		String filename2 = dirname + "/with_textbox.ppt";
-		ppe2 = new PowerPointExtractor(filename2);
 
-		pdirname = System.getProperty("POIFS.testdata.path");
+		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
+		ppe2 = new PowerPointExtractor(slTests.openResourceAsStream("with_textbox.ppt"));
     }
 
     public void testReadSheetText() {
@@ -114,8 +111,7 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public void testMissingCoreRecords() throws Exception {
-		String filename = dirname + "/missing_core_records.ppt";
+		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(slTests.openResourceAsStream("missing_core_records.ppt"));
-		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(filename);
 		
 		String text = ppe.getText(true, false);
 		String nText = ppe.getNotes();
@@ -141,9 +137,8 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
     }
     
     public void testExtractFromEmbeded() throws Exception {
-    	String filename3 = pdirname + "/excel_with_embeded.xls";
          POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-    			new FileInputStream(filename3)
+             POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance().openResourceAsStream("excel_with_embeded.xls")
          );
          HSLFSlideShow ss;
 
@@ -174,8 +169,8 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
       * A powerpoint file with embeded powerpoint files
       */
      public void testExtractFromOwnEmbeded() throws Exception {
-    	String path = pdirname + "/ppt_with_embeded.ppt";
+         String path = "ppt_with_embeded.ppt";
-		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(path);
+         ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance().openResourceAsStream(path));
          List<OLEShape> shapes = ppe.getOLEShapes();
          assertEquals("Expected 6 ole shapes in " + path, 6, shapes.size());
          int num_ppt = 0, num_doc = 0, num_xls = 0;
@@ -202,11 +197,7 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
      * From bug #45543
      */
     public void testWithComments() throws Exception {
-		String filename;
+		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(slTests.openResourceAsStream("WithComments.ppt"));
-		
-		// New file
-		filename = dirname + "/WithComments.ppt";
-		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(filename);
 
 		String text = ppe.getText();
 		assertFalse("Comments not in by default", contains(text, "This is a test comment"));
@@ -218,8 +209,7 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
 
 		
 		// And another file
-		filename = dirname + "/45543.ppt";
+		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(slTests.openResourceAsStream("45543.ppt"));
-		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(filename);
 
         text = ppe.getText();
 		assertFalse("Comments not in by default", contains(text, "testdoc"));
@@ -234,11 +224,10 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
      * From bug #45537
      */
     public void testHeaderFooter() throws Exception {
-		String filename, text;
+		String  text;
 
 		// With a header on the notes
-		filename = dirname + "/45537_Header.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("45537_Header.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(new FileInputStream(filename));
 		SlideShow ss = new SlideShow(hslf);
 		assertNotNull(ss.getNotesHeadersFooters());
 		assertEquals("testdoc test phrase", ss.getNotesHeadersFooters().getHeaderText());
@@ -256,13 +245,12 @@ public final class TestExtractor extends TestCase {
 
         
 		// And with a footer, also on notes
-		filename = dirname + "/45537_Footer.ppt";
+		hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("45537_Footer.ppt"));
-		hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(new FileInputStream(filename));
 		ss = new SlideShow(hslf);
 		assertNotNull(ss.getNotesHeadersFooters());
 		assertEquals("testdoc test phrase", ss.getNotesHeadersFooters().getFooterText());
 		
-		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(filename);
+		ppe = new PowerPointExtractor(slTests.openResourceAsStream("45537_Footer.ppt"));
 
 		text = ppe.getText();
 		assertFalse("Unable to find expected word in text\n" + text, contains(text, "testdoc"));

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestBackground.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.awt.*;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test <code>Fill</code> object.
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestBackground extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     /**
      * Default background for slide, shape and slide master.
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ public final class TestBackground extends TestCase {
      * Read fill information from an reference ppt file
      */
     public void testReadBackground() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") + "/backgrounds.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("backgrounds.ppt"));
         Fill fill;
         Shape shape;
 
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ public final class TestBackground extends TestCase {
         slide = ppt.createSlide();
         slide.setFollowMasterBackground(false);
         fill = slide.getBackground().getFill();
-        idx = ppt.addPicture(new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") + "/tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
+        idx = ppt.addPicture(_slTests.readFile("tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
         fill.setFillType(Fill.FILL_PICTURE);
         fill.setPictureData(idx);
 
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ public final class TestBackground extends TestCase {
         slide = ppt.createSlide();
         slide.setFollowMasterBackground(false);
         fill = slide.getBackground().getFill();
-        idx = ppt.addPicture(new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") + "/tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
+        idx = ppt.addPicture(_slTests.readFile("tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
         fill.setFillType(Fill.FILL_PATTERN);
         fill.setPictureData(idx);
         fill.setBackgroundColor(Color.green);
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ public final class TestBackground extends TestCase {
         slide = ppt.createSlide();
         slide.setFollowMasterBackground(false);
         fill = slide.getBackground().getFill();
-        idx = ppt.addPicture(new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") + "/tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
+        idx = ppt.addPicture(_slTests.readFile("tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
         fill.setFillType(Fill.FILL_TEXTURE);
         fill.setPictureData(idx);
 
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ public final class TestBackground extends TestCase {
         shape.setAnchor(new java.awt.Rectangle(100, 100, 200, 200));
         fill = shape.getFill();
         fill.setFillType(Fill.FILL_PICTURE);
-        idx = ppt.addPicture(new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path") + "/clock.jpg"), Picture.JPEG);
+        idx = ppt.addPicture(_slTests.readFile("clock.jpg"), Picture.JPEG);
         fill.setPictureData(idx);
         slide.addShape(shape);
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestHeadersFooters.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -28,14 +29,11 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 public final class TestHeadersFooters extends TestCase
 {
 
-    public static final String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     public void testRead() throws Exception
     {
-        File file = new File(cwd, "headers_footers.ppt");
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("headers_footers.ppt"));
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         HeadersFooters slideHdd = ppt.getSlideHeadersFooters();
         assertTrue(slideHdd.isFooterVisible());
@@ -79,10 +77,7 @@ public final class TestHeadersFooters extends TestCase
      */
     public void testReadNoHeadersFooters() throws Exception
     {
-        File file = new File(cwd, "basic_test_ppt_file.ppt");
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         HeadersFooters slideHdd = ppt.getSlideHeadersFooters();
         assertFalse(slideHdd.isFooterVisible());
@@ -119,10 +114,7 @@ public final class TestHeadersFooters extends TestCase
      */
     public void testRead2007() throws Exception
     {
-        File file = new File(cwd, "headers_footers_2007.ppt");
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("headers_footers_2007.ppt"));
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         HeadersFooters slideHdd = ppt.getSlideHeadersFooters();
         assertTrue(slideHdd.isFooterVisible());

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestHyperlink.java

@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test Hyperlink.
@@ -30,12 +28,10 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestHyperlink extends TestCase {
-    protected String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     public void testTextRunHyperlinks() throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "WithLinks.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("WithLinks.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         TextRun[] run;
         Slide slide;

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestMovieShape.java

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test <code>MovieShape</code> object.
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  */
 public final class TestMovieShape extends TestCase {
 
-    protected String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     public void testCreate() throws Exception {
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
 
-        String path = cwd + "/test-movie.mpg";
+        String path = "/test-movie.mpg";
         int movieIdx = ppt.addMovie(path, MovieShape.MOVIE_MPEG);
-        int thumbnailIdx = ppt.addPicture(new File(cwd, "tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
+        int thumbnailIdx = ppt.addPicture(_slTests.readFile("tomcat.png"), Picture.PNG);
 
         MovieShape shape = new MovieShape(movieIdx, thumbnailIdx);
         shape.setAnchor(new Rectangle2D.Float(300,225,120,90));

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestOleEmbedding.java

@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
@@ -29,17 +26,17 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 public final class TestOleEmbedding extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
     /**
      * Tests support for OLE objects.
      *
      * @throws Exception if an error occurs.
      */
     public void testOleEmbedding2003() throws Exception {
-        String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        HSLFSlideShow slideShow = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("ole2-embedding-2003.ppt"));
-        File file = new File(dirname, "ole2-embedding-2003.ppt");
-        HSLFSlideShow slideShow = new HSLFSlideShow(new FileInputStream(file));
         // Placeholder EMFs for clients that don't support the OLE components.
         PictureData[] pictures = slideShow.getPictures();
         assertEquals("Should be two pictures", 2, pictures.length);
@@ -54,11 +51,7 @@ public final class TestOleEmbedding extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public void testOLEShape() throws Exception {
-        String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("ole2-embedding-2003.ppt"));
-        File file = new File(dirname, "ole2-embedding-2003.ppt");
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(file);
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
         Shape[] sh = slide.getShapes();

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestPPGraphics2D.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
@@ -32,12 +33,11 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestPPGraphics2D extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
     private SlideShow ppt;
 
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+		ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("empty.ppt"));
-		String filename = dirname + "/empty.ppt";
-		ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(filename));
     }
 
     public void testGraphics() throws Exception {

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestPicture.java

@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.File;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.ddf.EscherBSERecord;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.PictureData;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test Picture shape.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestPicture extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     /**
      * Test that the reference count of a blip is incremented every time the picture is inserted.
@@ -41,14 +42,13 @@ public final class TestPicture extends TestCase {
      *
      */
     public void testMultiplePictures() throws Exception {
-        String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide s = ppt.createSlide();
         Slide s2 = ppt.createSlide();
         Slide s3 = ppt.createSlide();
 
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(new File(cwd, "clock.jpg"), Picture.JPEG);
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(_slTests.readFile("clock.jpg"), Picture.JPEG);
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         Picture pict2 = new Picture(idx);
         Picture pict3 = new Picture(idx);

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestSetBoldItalic.java

@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ public final class TestSetBoldItalic extends TestCase {
      * and set some of the style attributes
      */
     public void testTextBoxWrite() throws Exception {
-        //String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
-        //String filename = dirname + "/with_textbox.ppt";
-        //new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(filename));
-
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
         Slide sl = ppt.createSlide();
         RichTextRun rt;

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestShapes.java

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.RichTextRun;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.ddf.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
@@ -37,16 +37,15 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestShapes extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+
     private SlideShow ppt;
     private SlideShow pptB;
 
     protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+		ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("empty.ppt"));
-		String filename = dirname + "/empty.ppt";
-		ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(filename));
 
-		String filenameB = dirname + "/empty_textbox.ppt";
+		pptB = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("empty_textbox.ppt"));
-		pptB = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(filenameB));
     }
 
     public void testGraphics() throws Exception {
@@ -94,9 +93,7 @@ public final class TestShapes extends TestCase {
      * @throws Exception
      */
     public void testTextBoxRead() throws Exception {
-        String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("with_textbox.ppt"));
-        String filename = dirname + "/with_textbox.ppt";
-        ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(filename));
         Slide sl = ppt.getSlides()[0];
         Shape[] sh = sl.getShapes();
         for (int i = 0; i < sh.length; i++) {
@@ -198,17 +195,16 @@ public final class TestShapes extends TestCase {
      * it must be the same as returned by Slide.getTextRuns().
      */
     public void testTextBoxSet() throws Exception {
-        textBoxSet("/with_textbox.ppt");
+        textBoxSet("with_textbox.ppt");
-        textBoxSet("/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt");
+        textBoxSet("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt");
-        textBoxSet("/next_test_ppt_file.ppt");
+        textBoxSet("next_test_ppt_file.ppt");
-        textBoxSet("/Single_Coloured_Page.ppt");
+        textBoxSet("Single_Coloured_Page.ppt");
-        textBoxSet("/Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt");
+        textBoxSet("Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt");
-        textBoxSet("/incorrect_slide_order.ppt");
+        textBoxSet("incorrect_slide_order.ppt");
     }
 
     private void textBoxSet(String filename) throws Exception {
-        String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream(filename));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(dirname + filename));
         Slide[] sl = ppt.getSlides();
         for (int k = 0; k < sl.length; k++) {
             ArrayList lst1 = new ArrayList();
@@ -234,7 +230,6 @@ public final class TestShapes extends TestCase {
      * Test adding shapes to <code>ShapeGroup</code>
      */
     public void testShapeGroup() throws Exception {
-        String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
@@ -245,8 +240,7 @@ public final class TestShapes extends TestCase {
         group.setAnchor(new Rectangle(0, 0, (int)pgsize.getWidth(), (int)pgsize.getHeight()));
         slide.addShape(group);
 
-        File img = new File(cwd, "clock.jpg");
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(_slTests.readFile("clock.jpg"), Picture.JPEG);
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.JPEG);
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx, group);
         pict.setAnchor(new Rectangle(0, 0, 200, 200));
         group.addShape(pict);
@@ -287,8 +281,8 @@ public final class TestShapes extends TestCase {
      * Test functionality of Sheet.removeShape(Shape shape)
      */
     public void testRemoveShapes() throws IOException {
-        String file = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path")+ "/with_textbox.ppt";
+        String file = "with_textbox.ppt";
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(file));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream(file));
         Slide sl = ppt.getSlides()[0];
         Shape[] sh = sl.getShapes();
         assertEquals("expected four shaped in " + file, 4, sh.length);

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestSheet.java

@@ -20,14 +20,11 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-
-import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.exceptions.EncryptedPowerPointFileException;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.ColorSchemeAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.PPDrawing;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test common functionality of the <code>Sheet</code> object.
@@ -36,23 +33,16 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestSheet extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     /**
      * For each ppt in the test directory check that all sheets are properly initialized
      */
     public void testSheet() throws Exception {
-        File home = new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path"));
+        String[] tests = {"SampleShow.ppt", "backgrounds.ppt", "text_shapes.ppt", "pictures.ppt"};
-        File[] files = home.listFiles();
+        for (String file : tests) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
-            if(!files[i].getName().endsWith(".ppt")) continue;
-            if(files[i].getName().endsWith("PPT95.ppt")) continue;
-
             try {
-                FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(files[i]);
+                SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream(file));
-                HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-                is.close();
-
-                SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
                 doSlideShow(ppt);
             } catch (EncryptedPowerPointFileException e){
                 ; //skip encrypted ppt

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestSlideChangeNotes.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.SlideAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that changing a slide's idea of what notes sheet is its works right
@@ -34,9 +35,8 @@ public final class TestSlideChangeNotes extends TestCase {
 	private SlideShow ss;
 
 	public TestSlideChangeNotes() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 	}
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestSlideMaster.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.Environment;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextHeaderAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.RichTextRun;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests for SlideMaster
@@ -35,18 +36,14 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestSlideMaster extends TestCase{
-    String home;
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-
-    public void setUp() {
-        home = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
-    }
 
     /**
      * The reference ppt has two masters.
      * Check we can read their attributes.
      */
     public void testSlideMaster() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(home + "/slide_master.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("slide_master.ppt"));
 
         Environment env = ppt.getDocumentRecord().getEnvironment();
 
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ public final class TestSlideMaster extends TestCase{
      * Test we can read default text attributes for a title master sheet
      */
     public void testTitleMasterTextAttributes() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(home + "/slide_master.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("slide_master.ppt"));
         TitleMaster[] master = ppt.getTitleMasters();
         assertEquals(1, master.length);
 
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ public final class TestSlideMaster extends TestCase{
      * Slide 3 has title layout and follows the TitleMaster. Verify that.
      */
     public void testTitleMaster() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(home + "/slide_master.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("slide_master.ppt"));
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[2];
         MasterSheet masterSheet = slide.getMasterSheet();
         assertTrue(masterSheet instanceof TitleMaster);
@@ -136,7 +133,7 @@ public final class TestSlideMaster extends TestCase{
      * If a style attribute is not set ensure it is read from the master
      */
     public void testMasterAttributes() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(home + "/slide_master.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("slide_master.ppt"));
         Slide[] slide = ppt.getSlides();
         assertEquals(3, slide.length);
         TextRun[] trun;
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ public final class TestSlideMaster extends TestCase{
      * Check we can dynamically assign a slide master to a slide.
      */
     public void testChangeSlideMaster() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(home + "/slide_master.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("slide_master.ppt"));
         SlideMaster[] master = ppt.getSlidesMasters();
         Slide[] slide = ppt.getSlides();
         int sheetNo;
@@ -219,7 +216,7 @@ public final class TestSlideMaster extends TestCase{
      * (typical for the "bullted body" placeholder)
      */
     public void testIndentation() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(home + "/slide_master.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("slide_master.ppt"));
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
         TextRun[] trun;
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestSlides.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.model;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -137,8 +138,8 @@ public final class TestSlides extends TestCase {
      * Add slides to ppt which already has two slides
      */
     public void testAddSlides2to3() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
 
         assertTrue(ppt.getSlides().length == 2);
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestTextRun.java

@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.textproperties.TextPropCollection;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextBytesAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextCharsAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextHeaderAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.RichTextRun;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests for TextRuns
@@ -36,32 +36,19 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  * @author Nick Burch (nick at torchbox dot com)
  */
 public final class TestTextRun extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+
 	// SlideShow primed on the test data
 	private SlideShow ss;
 	private SlideShow ssRich;
 
-	// TODO - use this or similar through rest of hslf tests
+	protected void setUp() throws IOException {
-	private static SlideShow openSampleSlideShow(String name) {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
 
 		// Basic (non rich) test file
-		String filename = dirname + "/" + name;
+		ss = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow x;
-		try {
-			x = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
-		}
-		return new SlideShow(x);
-	}
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-
-		// Basic (non rich) test file
-		ss = openSampleSlideShow("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt");
 
 		// Rich test file
-		ssRich = openSampleSlideShow("Single_Coloured_Page.ppt");
+		ssRich = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("Single_Coloured_Page.ppt"));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -429,10 +416,10 @@ public final class TestTextRun extends TestCase {
 	 * of the wrong list of potential paragraph properties defined in StyleTextPropAtom.
 	 *
 	 */
-	public void testBug41015() {
+	public void testBug41015() throws IOException {
 		RichTextRun[] rt;
 
-		SlideShow ppt = openSampleSlideShow("bug-41015.ppt");
+		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("bug-41015.ppt"));
 		Slide sl = ppt.getSlides()[0];
 		TextRun[] txt = sl.getTextRuns();
 		assertEquals(2, txt.length);

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestTextRunReWrite.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.RichTextRun;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that if we load something up, get a TextRun, set the text
@@ -45,10 +46,9 @@ public final class TestTextRunReWrite extends TestCase {
 	 * Load up a test PPT file with rich data
 	 */
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt";
+		String filename = "Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt";
-		FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filename);
+		pfs = new POIFSFileSystem(slTests.openResourceAsStream(filename));
-		pfs = new POIFSFileSystem(fis);
 		hss = new HSLFSlideShow(pfs);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
     }

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/model/TestTextShape.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextHeaderAtom;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Verify behavior of <code>TextShape</code> and its sub-classes
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.TextHeaderAtom;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestTextShape extends TestCase {
-    protected String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     public void testCreateAutoShape(){
         TextShape shape = new AutoShape(ShapeTypes.Trapezoid);
@@ -70,9 +71,7 @@ public final class TestTextShape extends TestCase {
      *  - text in auto-shapes
      */
     public void testRead() throws IOException {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "text_shapes.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("text_shapes.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         ArrayList lst1 = new ArrayList();
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
@@ -157,9 +156,7 @@ public final class TestTextShape extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public void testMargins() throws IOException {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "text-margins.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("text-margins.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestCurrentUserAtom.java

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.exceptions.EncryptedPowerPointFileException;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DocumentEntry;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that CurrentUserAtom works properly.
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
  * @author Nick Burch (nick at torchbox dot com)
  */
 public final class TestCurrentUserAtom extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 	/** Not encrypted */
 	private String normalFile;
 	/** Encrypted */
@@ -41,14 +42,13 @@ public final class TestCurrentUserAtom extends TestCase {
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 		super.setUp();
 
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+		normalFile = "basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
-		normalFile = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		encFile = "Password_Protected-hello.ppt";
-		encFile = dirname + "/Password_Protected-hello.ppt";
 	}
 
 	public void testReadNormal() throws Exception {
 		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				new FileInputStream(normalFile)
+				_slTests.openResourceAsStream(normalFile)
 		);
 
 		CurrentUserAtom cu = new CurrentUserAtom(fs);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public final class TestCurrentUserAtom extends TestCase {
 
 	public void testReadEnc() throws Exception {
 		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				new FileInputStream(encFile)
+				_slTests.openResourceAsStream(encFile)
 		);
 
 		try {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public final class TestCurrentUserAtom extends TestCase {
 	public void testWriteNormal() throws Exception {
 		// Get raw contents from a known file
 		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				new FileInputStream(normalFile)
+				_slTests.openResourceAsStream(normalFile)
 		);
 		DocumentEntry docProps = (DocumentEntry)fs.getRoot().getEntry("Current User");
 		byte[] contents = new byte[docProps.getSize()];

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestDocument.java

@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
-import java.io.*;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that Document works properly (Also tests Environment while we're at it)
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ public final class TestDocument extends TestCase {
 	private POIFSFileSystem pfs;
 
 	public TestDocument() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		pfs = new POIFSFileSystem(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filename);
-		pfs = new POIFSFileSystem(fis);
 		ss = new HSLFSlideShow(pfs);
 	}
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestExHyperlink.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
 
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that ExHyperlink works properly.
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ public final class TestExHyperlink extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testRealFile() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(dirname + File.separator + "WithLinks.ppt");
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("WithLinks.ppt"));
 		SlideShow ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 
 		// Get the document

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestExObjList.java

@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@
 package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
 
 
-import java.io.File;
-
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that ExObjList works properly.
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  */
 public class TestExObjList extends TestCase {
 	public void testRealFile() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(dirname + File.separator + "WithLinks.ppt");
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("WithLinks.ppt"));
 		SlideShow ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 
 		// Get the document

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestRecordContainer.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.HSLFSlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that the helper methods on RecordContainer work properly
@@ -147,9 +148,8 @@ public final class TestRecordContainer extends TestCase {
 		super.setUp();
 
 		// Find a real RecordContainer record
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 
 		Record[] r = hss.getRecords();
 		for(int i=0; i<r.length; i++) {

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestSound.java

@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests Sound-related records: SoundCollection(2020), Sound(2022) and
@@ -34,10 +33,9 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;
  */
 public final class TestSound extends TestCase {
 	public void testRealFile() throws Exception {
-		String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "sound.ppt"));
+
-		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
+		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("sound.ppt"));
-		is.close();
 
 		// Get the document
 		Document doc = ppt.getDocumentRecord();
@@ -71,13 +69,7 @@ public final class TestSound extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals(".WAV", sound.getSoundType());
 		assertNotNull(sound.getSoundData());
 
-		File f = new File(cwd, "ringin.wav");
+		byte[] ref_data = slTests.readFile("ringin.wav");
-		int length = (int) f.length();
-		byte[] ref_data = new byte[length];
-		is = new FileInputStream(f);
-		is.read(ref_data);
-		is.close();
-
 		assertTrue(Arrays.equals(ref_data, sound.getSoundData()));
 	}
 }

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestAddingSlides.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.RecordTypes;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.UserEditAtom;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.Document;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that SlideShow adds additional sheets properly
@@ -56,14 +57,12 @@ public final class TestAddingSlides extends TestCase {
 		hss_empty = HSLFSlideShow.create();
 		ss_empty = new SlideShow(hss_empty);
 
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
-		String filename = dirname + "/Single_Coloured_Page.ppt";
+		hss_one = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("Single_Coloured_Page.ppt"));
-		hss_one = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss_one = new SlideShow(hss_one);
 
-		filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		hss_two = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		hss_two = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss_two = new SlideShow(hss_two);
 	}
 
@@ -274,8 +273,8 @@ public final class TestAddingSlides extends TestCase {
 
 
     public void test47261() throws Exception {
-        File src = new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path"), "47261.ppt");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new FileInputStream(src));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("47261.ppt"));
         Slide[] slides = ppt.getSlides();
         Document doc = ppt.getDocumentRecord();
         assertNotNull(doc.getSlideSlideListWithText());

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestBugs.java

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -44,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextBox;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextRun;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextShape;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TitleMaster;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Testcases for bugs entered in bugzilla
@@ -52,15 +51,13 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TitleMaster;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
-    protected String cwd = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
     /**
      * Bug 41384: Array index wrong in record creation
      */
     public void test41384() throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "41384.ppt"));
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("41384.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
         assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
@@ -78,9 +75,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * when the RichTextRun comes from a Notes model object
      */
     public void test42474_1() throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42474-1.ppt"));
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("42474-1.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
         assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
@@ -108,9 +103,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Second fix from Bug 42474: Incorrect matching of notes to slides
      */
     public void test42474_2() throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42474-2.ppt"));
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("42474-2.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
 
@@ -140,9 +133,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 42485: All TextBoxes inside ShapeGroups have null TextRuns
      */
     public void test42485 () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42485.ppt"));
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("42485.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
         Shape[] shape = ppt.getSlides()[0].getShapes();
@@ -164,9 +155,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 42484: NullPointerException from ShapeGroup.getAnchor()
      */
     public void test42484 () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42485.ppt")); //test file is the same as for bug 42485
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("42485.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
         Shape[] shape = ppt.getSlides()[0].getShapes();
@@ -187,9 +176,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 41381: Exception from Slide.getMasterSheet() on a seemingly valid PPT file
      */
     public void test41381() throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "alterman_security.ppt"));
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("alterman_security.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
         assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
@@ -208,9 +195,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 42486:  Failure parsing a seemingly valid PPT
      */
     public void test42486 () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42486.ppt"));
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("42486.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
         Slide[] slide = ppt.getSlides();
@@ -225,9 +210,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 42524:  NPE in Shape.getShapeType()
      */
     public void test42524 () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42486.ppt")); //test file is the same as for Bug 42486
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("42486.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
         //walk down the tree and see if there were no errors while reading
@@ -254,9 +237,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 42520:  NPE in Picture.getPictureData()
      */
     public void test42520 () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "42520.ppt")); //test file is the same as for Bug 42486
+        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("42520.ppt"));
-        HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(hslf);
 
@@ -292,9 +273,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * ( also fixed followup: getTextRuns() returns no text )
      */
     public void test38256 () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "38256.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("38256.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
 
@@ -321,9 +300,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * ( also fixed followup: getTextRuns() returns no text )
      */
     public void test43781 () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "43781.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("43781.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
 
@@ -354,9 +331,7 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 44296: HSLF Not Extracting Slide Background Image
      */
     public void test44296  () throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "44296.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("44296.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
 
@@ -373,25 +348,21 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      * Bug 44770: java.lang.RuntimeException: Couldn't instantiate the class for type with id 1036 on class class org.apache.poi.hslf.record.PPDrawing
      */
     public void test44770() throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "44770.ppt"));
         try {
-            new SlideShow(is);
+             new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("44770.ppt"));
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
             if (e.getMessage().equals("Couldn't instantiate the class for type with id 1036 on class class org.apache.poi.hslf.record.PPDrawing")) {
                 throw new AssertionFailedError("Identified bug 44770");
             }
             throw e;
         }
-        is.close();
     }
 
     /**
      * Bug 41071: Will not extract text from Powerpoint TextBoxes
      */
     public void test41071() throws Exception {
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "41071.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("41071.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
         Shape[] sh = slide.getShapes();
@@ -411,13 +382,11 @@ public final class TestBugs extends TestCase {
      */
     public void test41711() throws Exception {
     	// New file is fine
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "SampleShow.ppt"));
+        new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("SampleShow.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
 
         // PowerPoint 95 gives an old format exception
-        is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "PPT95.ppt"));
         try {
-        	new SlideShow(is);
+        	new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("PPT95.ppt"));
         	fail("OldPowerPointFormatException should've been thrown");
         } catch(OldPowerPointFormatException e) {
         	// Good

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestCounts.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that SlideShow returns the right number of Sheets and MetaSheets
@@ -32,9 +33,8 @@ public final class TestCounts extends TestCase {
 	private SlideShow ss;
 
 	public TestCounts() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 	}
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestMostRecentRecords.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that SlideShow finds the right records as its most recent ones
@@ -34,9 +35,8 @@ public final class TestMostRecentRecords extends TestCase {
 	private SlideShow ss;
 
 	public TestMostRecentRecords() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 	}
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestNotesText.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that SlideShow returns MetaSheets which have the right text in them
@@ -32,9 +33,8 @@ public final class TestNotesText extends TestCase {
 	private SlideShow ss;
 
 	public TestNotesText() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 	}
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestPictures.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.blip.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import java.io.*;
@@ -31,12 +32,9 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
+    private static POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
-    protected File cwd;
+    //protected File cwd;
-
-    public void setUp() {
-        cwd = new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path"));
-    }
 
     /**
      * Test read/write Macintosh PICT
@@ -45,8 +43,8 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
-        File img = new File(cwd, "cow.pict");
+        byte[] src_bytes = slTests.readFile("cow.pict");
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.PICT);
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(src_bytes, Picture.PICT);
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         assertEquals(idx, pict.getPictureIndex());
         slide.addShape(pict);
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertEquals(Picture.PICT, pictures[0].getType());
         assertTrue(pictures[0] instanceof PICT);
         //compare the content of the initial file with what is stored in the PictureData
-        byte[] src_bytes = read(img);
         byte[] ppt_bytes = pictures[0].getData();
         assertEquals(src_bytes.length, ppt_bytes.length);
         //in PICT the first 512 bytes are MAC specific and may not be preserved, ignore them
@@ -91,8 +88,8 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
-        File img = new File(cwd, "santa.wmf");
+        byte[] src_bytes = slTests.readFile("santa.wmf");
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.WMF);
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(src_bytes, Picture.WMF);
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         assertEquals(idx, pict.getPictureIndex());
         slide.addShape(pict);
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertEquals(Picture.WMF, pictures[0].getType());
         assertTrue(pictures[0] instanceof WMF);
         //compare the content of the initial file with what is stored in the PictureData
-        byte[] src_bytes = read(img);
         byte[] ppt_bytes = pictures[0].getData();
         assertEquals(src_bytes.length, ppt_bytes.length);
         //in WMF the first 22 bytes - is a metafile header
@@ -137,8 +133,9 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
-        File img = new File(cwd, "wrench.emf");
+        byte[] src_bytes = slTests.readFile("wrench.emf");
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.EMF);
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(src_bytes, Picture.EMF);
+
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         assertEquals(idx, pict.getPictureIndex());
         slide.addShape(pict);
@@ -165,7 +162,6 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertEquals(Picture.EMF, pictures[0].getType());
         assertTrue(pictures[0] instanceof EMF);
         //compare the content of the initial file with what is stored in the PictureData
-        byte[] src_bytes = read(img);
         byte[] ppt_bytes = pictures[0].getData();
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(src_bytes, ppt_bytes));
     }
@@ -177,8 +173,8 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
-        File img = new File(cwd, "tomcat.png");
+        byte[] src_bytes = slTests.readFile("tomcat.png");
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.PNG);
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(src_bytes, Picture.PNG);
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         assertEquals(idx, pict.getPictureIndex());
         slide.addShape(pict);
@@ -205,7 +201,6 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertEquals(Picture.PNG, pictures[0].getType());
         assertTrue(pictures[0] instanceof PNG);
         //compare the content of the initial file with what is stored in the PictureData
-        byte[] src_bytes = read(img);
         byte[] ppt_bytes = pictures[0].getData();
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(src_bytes, ppt_bytes));
     }
@@ -217,8 +212,9 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
-        File img = new File(cwd, "clock.jpg");
+        byte[] src_bytes = slTests.readFile("clock.jpg");
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.JPEG);
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(src_bytes, Picture.JPEG);
+
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         assertEquals(idx, pict.getPictureIndex());
         slide.addShape(pict);
@@ -245,7 +241,6 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertEquals(Picture.JPEG, pictures[0].getType());
         assertTrue(pictures[0] instanceof JPEG);
         //compare the content of the initial file with what is stored in the PictureData
-        byte[] src_bytes = read(img);
         byte[] ppt_bytes = pictures[0].getData();
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(src_bytes, ppt_bytes));
     }
@@ -257,13 +252,8 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
-        File img = new File(cwd, "sci_cec.dib");
+        byte[] src_bytes = slTests.readFile("sci_cec.dib");
-
+        int idx = ppt.addPicture(src_bytes, Picture.DIB);
-        // Check we can read the test DIB image
-        assertTrue(img.exists());
-
-        // Add the image
-        int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.DIB);
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         assertEquals(idx, pict.getPictureIndex());
         slide.addShape(pict);
@@ -290,22 +280,10 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertEquals(Picture.DIB, pictures[0].getType());
         assertTrue(pictures[0] instanceof DIB);
         //compare the content of the initial file with what is stored in the PictureData
-        byte[] src_bytes = read(img);
         byte[] ppt_bytes = pictures[0].getData();
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(src_bytes, ppt_bytes));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Read file into a byte array
-     */
-    protected byte[] read(File f) throws IOException {
-        byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)f.length()];
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(f);
-        is.read(bytes);
-        is.close();
-        return bytes;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Read pictures in different formats from a reference slide show
      */
@@ -315,7 +293,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         Picture pict;
         PictureData pdata;
 
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(new File(cwd, "pictures.ppt").getPath()));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("pictures.ppt"));
         Slide[] slides = ppt.getSlides();
         PictureData[] pictures = ppt.getPictureData();
         assertEquals(5, pictures.length);
@@ -325,7 +303,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertTrue(pdata instanceof JPEG);
         assertEquals(Picture.JPEG, pdata.getType());
         src_bytes = pdata.getData();
-        ppt_bytes = read(new File(cwd, "clock.jpg"));
+        ppt_bytes = slTests.readFile("clock.jpg");
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(src_bytes, ppt_bytes));
 
         pict = (Picture)slides[1].getShapes()[0]; //the second slide contains PNG
@@ -333,7 +311,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertTrue(pdata instanceof PNG);
         assertEquals(Picture.PNG, pdata.getType());
         src_bytes = pdata.getData();
-        ppt_bytes = read(new File(cwd, "tomcat.png"));
+        ppt_bytes = slTests.readFile("tomcat.png");
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(src_bytes, ppt_bytes));
 
         pict = (Picture)slides[2].getShapes()[0]; //the third slide contains WMF
@@ -341,7 +319,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertTrue(pdata instanceof WMF);
         assertEquals(Picture.WMF, pdata.getType());
         src_bytes = pdata.getData();
-        ppt_bytes = read(new File(cwd, "santa.wmf"));
+        ppt_bytes = slTests.readFile("santa.wmf");
         assertEquals(src_bytes.length, ppt_bytes.length);
         //ignore the first 22 bytes - it is a WMF metafile header
         b1 = new byte[src_bytes.length-22];
@@ -355,7 +333,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertTrue(pdata instanceof PICT);
         assertEquals(Picture.PICT, pdata.getType());
         src_bytes = pdata.getData();
-        ppt_bytes = read(new File(cwd, "cow.pict"));
+        ppt_bytes = slTests.readFile("cow.pict");
         assertEquals(src_bytes.length, ppt_bytes.length);
         //ignore the first 512 bytes - it is a MAC specific crap
         b1 = new byte[src_bytes.length-512];
@@ -369,7 +347,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         assertTrue(pdata instanceof EMF);
         assertEquals(Picture.EMF, pdata.getType());
         src_bytes = pdata.getData();
-        ppt_bytes = read(new File(cwd, "wrench.emf"));
+        ppt_bytes = slTests.readFile("wrench.emf");
         assertTrue(Arrays.equals(src_bytes, ppt_bytes));
 
     }
@@ -379,7 +357,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
 	 *  crazy pictures of type 0, we do our best.
 	 */
 	public void testZeroPictureType() throws Exception {
-		HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(new File(cwd, "PictureTypeZero.ppt").getPath());
+		HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("PictureTypeZero.ppt"));
 
 		// Should still have 2 real pictures
 		assertEquals(2, hslf.getPictures().length);
@@ -409,7 +387,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
 	}
 
 	public void testZeroPictureLength() throws Exception {
-		HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(new File(cwd, "PictureLengthZero.ppt").getPath());
+		HSLFSlideShow hslf = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("PictureLengthZero.ppt"));
 
 		// Should still have 2 real pictures
 		assertEquals(2, hslf.getPictures().length);
@@ -453,7 +431,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
     }
 
     public void testGetPictureName() throws Exception {
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(new File(cwd, "ppt_with_png.ppt").getPath()));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("ppt_with_png.ppt"));
         Slide slide = ppt.getSlides()[0];
 
         Picture p = (Picture)slide.getShapes()[0]; //the first slide contains JPEG
@@ -464,7 +442,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase{
         SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();
 
         Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();
-        File img = new File(cwd, "tomcat.png");
+        byte[] img = slTests.readFile("tomcat.png");
         int idx = ppt.addPicture(img, Picture.PNG);
         Picture pict = new Picture(idx);
         pict.setPictureName("tomcat.png");

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestReOrderingSlides.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that SlideShow can re-order slides properly
@@ -47,18 +48,15 @@ public final class TestReOrderingSlides extends TestCase {
 	 * Create/open the slideshows
 	 */
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
 
-		String filename = dirname + "/Single_Coloured_Page.ppt";
+		hss_one = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("Single_Coloured_Page.ppt"));
-		hss_one = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss_one = new SlideShow(hss_one);
 
-		filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		hss_two = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		hss_two = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss_two = new SlideShow(hss_two);
 
-		filename = dirname + "/incorrect_slide_order.ppt";
+		hss_three = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("incorrect_slide_order.ppt"));
-		hss_three = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss_three = new SlideShow(hss_three);
 	}
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestRecordSetup.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.ParentAwareRecord;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.Record;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.RecordContainer;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that the record setup done by SlideShow
@@ -37,9 +38,8 @@ public final class TestRecordSetup extends TestCase {
 	private HSLFSlideShow hss;
 
 	public TestRecordSetup() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 	}
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestRichTextRun.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextBox;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextRun;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.Record;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.SlideListWithText;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test that the friendly getters and setters on RichTextRun
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.SlideListWithText;
  * @author Nick Burch (nick at torchbox dot com)
  */
 public final class TestRichTextRun extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples _slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+
 	// SlideShow primed on the test data
 	private SlideShow ss;
 	private SlideShow ssRichA;
@@ -50,27 +52,23 @@ public final class TestRichTextRun extends TestCase {
 	private static String filenameC;
 
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
 
 		// Basic (non rich) test file
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+        hss = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 
 		// Rich test file A
-		filename = dirname + "/Single_Coloured_Page.ppt";
+		hssRichA = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("Single_Coloured_Page.ppt"));
-		hssRichA = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ssRichA = new SlideShow(hssRichA);
 
 		// Rich test file B
-		filename = dirname + "/Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt";
+		hssRichB = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt"));
-		hssRichB = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ssRichB = new SlideShow(hssRichB);
 
 		// Rich test file C - has paragraph styles that run out before
 		//   the character ones do
-		filenameC = dirname + "/ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt";
+		filenameC = "ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt";
-		hssRichC = new HSLFSlideShow(filenameC);
+        hssRichC = new HSLFSlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream(filenameC));
 		ssRichC = new SlideShow(hssRichC);
 	}
 
@@ -375,7 +373,7 @@ public final class TestRichTextRun extends TestCase {
 	 */
 	private void assertMatchesSLTWC(SlideShow s) throws Exception {
 		// Grab a new copy of slideshow C
-		SlideShow refC = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(filenameC));
+		SlideShow refC = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream(filenameC));
 
 		// Write out the 2nd SLWT in the active document
 		SlideListWithText refSLWT = refC.getDocumentRecord().getSlideListWithTexts()[1];
@@ -449,7 +447,7 @@ if(false) {
 	}
 
 	public void testIndentationLevel() throws Exception {
-		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path"), "ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt").getPath()));
+		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt"));
 		Slide[] sl = ppt.getSlides();
 		for (int i = 0; i < sl.length; i++) {
 			TextRun[] txt = sl[i].getTextRuns();
@@ -465,9 +463,7 @@ if(false) {
 	}
 
 	public void testReadParagraphStyles() throws Exception {
-		FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path"), "bullets.ppt"));
+		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("bullets.ppt"));
-		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-		is.close();
 		assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
 
 		RichTextRun rt;
@@ -560,9 +556,7 @@ if(false) {
 	}
 
 	public void testAddText() throws Exception {
-		FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path"), "bullets.ppt"));
+		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(_slTests.openResourceAsStream("bullets.ppt"));
-		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-		is.close();
 		assertTrue("No Exceptions while reading file", true);
 
 		RichTextRun rt;

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestSheetText.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that SlideShow returns Sheets which have the right text in them
@@ -32,9 +33,8 @@ public final class TestSheetText extends TestCase {
 	private SlideShow ss;
 
 	public TestSheetText() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		ss = new SlideShow(hss);
 	}
 
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ public final class TestSheetText extends TestCase {
 	 * (Make sure we don't screw up / throw an exception etc)
 	 */
 	public void testWithShortTextPropData() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-		String filename = dirname + "/iisd_report.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("iisd_report.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hss = new HSLFSlideShow(filename);
 		SlideShow sss = new SlideShow(hss);
 
 		// Should come out with 10 slides, no notes

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestSlideOrdering.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.*;
 import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests that SlideShow returns Sheets in the right order
@@ -27,20 +28,18 @@ import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.*;
  * @author Nick Burch (nick at torchbox dot com)
  */
 public final class TestSlideOrdering extends TestCase {
+    private static POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+
 	// Simple slideshow, record order matches slide order
 	private SlideShow ssA;
 	// Complex slideshow, record order doesn't match slide order
 	private SlideShow ssB;
 
 	public TestSlideOrdering() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+		HSLFSlideShow hssA = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt"));
-
-		String filenameA = dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt";
-		HSLFSlideShow hssA = new HSLFSlideShow(filenameA);
 		ssA = new SlideShow(hssA);
 
-		String filenameB = dirname + "/incorrect_slide_order.ppt";
+		HSLFSlideShow hssB = new HSLFSlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("incorrect_slide_order.ppt"));
-		HSLFSlideShow hssB = new HSLFSlideShow(filenameB);
 		ssB = new SlideShow(hssB);
 	}
 
@@ -85,7 +84,9 @@ public final class TestSlideOrdering extends TestCase {
 	 *            array of reference slide titles
 	 */
 	protected void assertSlideOrdering(String filename, String[] titles) throws Exception {
-		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(new HSLFSlideShow(filename));
+        POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
+
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream(filename));
 		Slide[] slide = ppt.getSlides();
 
 		assertEquals(titles.length, slide.length);
@@ -96,25 +97,23 @@ public final class TestSlideOrdering extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testTitles() throws Exception {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path");
+		assertSlideOrdering("basic_test_ppt_file.ppt", new String[] {
-
-		assertSlideOrdering(dirname + "/basic_test_ppt_file.ppt", new String[] {
 				"This is a test title", "This is the title on page 2" });
 
-		assertSlideOrdering(dirname + "/incorrect_slide_order.ppt", new String[] { "Slide 1",
+		assertSlideOrdering("incorrect_slide_order.ppt", new String[] { "Slide 1",
 				"Slide 2", "Slide 3" });
 
-		assertSlideOrdering(dirname + "/next_test_ppt_file.ppt", new String[] {
+		assertSlideOrdering("next_test_ppt_file.ppt", new String[] {
 				"This is a test title", "This is the title on page 2" });
 
-		assertSlideOrdering(dirname + "/Single_Coloured_Page.ppt",
+		assertSlideOrdering("Single_Coloured_Page.ppt",
 				new String[] { "This is a title, it" + (char) 0x2019 + "s in black" });
 
-		assertSlideOrdering(dirname + "/Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt",
+		assertSlideOrdering("Single_Coloured_Page_With_Fonts_and_Alignments.ppt",
 				new String[] { "This is a title, it" + (char) 0x2019 + "s in black" });
 
 		assertSlideOrdering(
-				dirname + "/ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt",
+				"ParagraphStylesShorterThanCharStyles.ppt",
 				new String[] {
 						"ROMANCE: AN ANALYSIS",
 						"AGENDA",

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hslf/usermodel/TestSoundData.java

@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test reading sound data from a ppt
@@ -29,28 +28,16 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestSoundData extends TestCase{
-
+    private static POIDataSamples slTests = POIDataSamples.getSlideShowInstance();
-    protected File cwd;
-
-    public void setUp() {
-        cwd = new File(System.getProperty("HSLF.testdata.path"));
-    }
 
     /**
      * Read a reference sound file from disk and compare it from the data extracted from the slide show
      */
     public void testSounds() throws Exception {
         //read the reference sound file
-        File f = new File(cwd, "ringin.wav");
+        byte[] ref_data = slTests.readFile("ringin.wav");
-        int length = (int)f.length();
-        byte[] ref_data = new byte[length];
-        FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream(f);
-        is.read(ref_data);
-        is.close();
 
-        is = new FileInputStream(new File(cwd, "sound.ppt"));
+        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(slTests.openResourceAsStream("sound.ppt"));
-        SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is);
-        is.close();
 
         SoundData[] sound = ppt.getSoundData();
         assertEquals("Expected 1 sound", 1, sound.length);

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/model/TestBlankFileRead.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.MAPIMessage;
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.exceptions.ChunkNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ public final class TestBlankFileRead extends TestCase {
 	 * Initialize this test, load up the blank.msg mapi message.
 	 */
 	public TestBlankFileRead() throws IOException {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSMF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHSMFInstance();
-		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(dirname + "/blank.msg");
+		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(samples.openResourceAsStream("blank.msg"));
 	}
 
 	/**

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/model/TestFileWithAttachmentsRead.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.MAPIMessage;
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.exceptions.ChunkNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests to verify that we can read attachments from msg file
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ public class TestFileWithAttachmentsRead extends TestCase {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public TestFileWithAttachmentsRead() throws IOException {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSMF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHSMFInstance();
-		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(dirname + "/attachment_test_msg.msg");
+		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(samples.openResourceAsStream("attachment_test_msg.msg"));
 	}
 
 	/**

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/model/TestOutlook30FileRead.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.MAPIMessage;
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.exceptions.ChunkNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ private MAPIMessage mapiMessage;
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public TestOutlook30FileRead() throws IOException {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSMF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHSMFInstance();
-		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(dirname + "/outlook_30_msg.msg");
+		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(samples.openResourceAsStream("outlook_30_msg.msg"));
 	}
 
 	/**

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hsmf/model/TestSimpleFileRead.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.MAPIMessage;
 import org.apache.poi.hsmf.exceptions.ChunkNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -38,8 +39,8 @@ private MAPIMessage mapiMessage;
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public TestSimpleFileRead() throws IOException {
-		String dirname = System.getProperty("HSMF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHSMFInstance();
-		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(dirname + "/simple_test_msg.msg");
+		this.mapiMessage = new MAPIMessage(samples.openResourceAsStream("simple_test_msg.msg"));
 	}
 
 	/**

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/HWPFDocFixture.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hwpf;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.FileInformationBlock;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DocumentEntry;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 
 public final class HWPFDocFixture
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public final class HWPFDocFixture
     try
     {
       POIFSFileSystem filesystem = new POIFSFileSystem(
-              HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream("test.doc"));
+              POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream("test.doc"));
 
       DocumentEntry documentProps =
         (DocumentEntry) filesystem.getRoot().getEntry("WordDocument");

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/HWPFTestDataSamples.java

@@ -20,29 +20,12 @@ import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import java.io.*;
 
-public class HWPFTestDataSamples extends POIDataSamples {
+public class HWPFTestDataSamples {
-
-    private static final HWPFTestDataSamples _inst = new HWPFTestDataSamples("HWPF.testdata.path", "SampleDoc.doc");
-
-
-    private HWPFTestDataSamples(String dir, String classPathTestFile){
-        super(dir, classPathTestFile);
-    }
-
-    public static POIDataSamples getInstance(){
-        return _inst;
-    }
-
-    public static InputStream openSampleFileStream(String sampleFileName) {
-        return _inst.openResourceAsStream(sampleFileName);
-    }
-    public static byte[] getTestDataFileContent(String fileName) {
-        return _inst.readFile(fileName);
-    }
 
     public static HWPFDocument openSampleFile(String sampleFileName) {
         try {
-            return new HWPFDocument(_inst.openResourceAsStream(sampleFileName));
+            InputStream is = POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream(sampleFileName);
+            return new HWPFDocument(is);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/TestHWPFPictures.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.PicturesTable;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.usermodel.Picture;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test picture support in HWPF
@@ -154,6 +155,6 @@ public final class TestHWPFPictures extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	private static byte[] readFile(String file) {
-		return HWPFTestDataSamples.getTestDataFileContent(file);
+		return POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().readFile(file);
 	}
 }

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/extractor/TestWordExtractor.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFTestDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DirectoryNode;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
@@ -65,17 +66,16 @@ public final class TestWordExtractor extends TestCase {
 	private String filename6;
 
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
-		String pdirname = System.getProperty("POIFS.testdata.path");
 
 		String filename = "test2.doc";
 		String filename2 = "test.doc";
-		filename3 = pdirname + "/excel_with_embeded.xls";
+		filename3 = "excel_with_embeded.xls";
 		filename4 = "ThreeColHeadFoot.doc";
 		filename5 = "HeaderFooterUnicode.doc";
 		filename6 = "footnote.doc";
-
+        POIDataSamples docTests = POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance();
-		extractor = new WordExtractor(HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream(filename));
+		extractor = new WordExtractor(docTests.openResourceAsStream(filename));
-		extractor2 = new WordExtractor(HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream(filename2));
+		extractor2 = new WordExtractor(docTests.openResourceAsStream(filename2));
 
 		// Build splat'd out text version
 		for(int i=0; i<p_text1.length; i++) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public final class TestWordExtractor extends TestCase {
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
 	public void testExtractFromEmbeded() throws Exception {
-		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(filename3));
+		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance().openResourceAsStream(filename3));
 		HWPFDocument doc;
 		WordExtractor extractor3;
 

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/extractor/TestWordExtractorBugs.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFTestDataSamples;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests for bugs with the WordExtractor
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public final class TestWordExtractorBugs extends TestCase {
 
 	public void testProblemMetadata() throws Exception {
 		WordExtractor extractor =
-			new WordExtractor(HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFileStream("ProblemExtracting.doc"));
+			new WordExtractor(POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream("ProblemExtracting.doc"));
 
 		// Check it gives text without error
 		extractor.getText();

src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestPictures.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFTestDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndian;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test the picture handling
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public final class TestPictures extends TestCase {
 		assertTrue(pic.getSize() > 128);
 
 		// Check right contents
-		byte[] emf = HWPFTestDataSamples.getTestDataFileContent("vector_image.emf");
+		byte[] emf = POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().readFile("vector_image.emf");
 		byte[] pemf = pic.getContent();
 		assertEquals(emf.length, pemf.length);
 		for(int i=0; i<emf.length; i++) {

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/POIDataSamples.java

@@ -20,26 +20,89 @@ import java.io.*;
 
 /**
  * Centralises logic for finding/opening sample files
- *
  */
-public abstract class POIDataSamples {
+public final class POIDataSamples {
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the system property that defined path to the test data.
+     */
+    public static final String TEST_PROPERTY = "POI.testdata.path";
+
+    private static POIDataSamples _instSlideshow;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instSpreadsheet;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instDocument;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instDiagram;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instOpenxml4j;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instPOIFS;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instDDF;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instHPSF;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instHPBF;
+    private static POIDataSamples _instHSMF;
 
     private File _resolvedDataDir;
     /** <code>true</code> if standard system propery is not set,
      * but the data is available on the test runtime classpath */
     private boolean _sampleDataIsAvaliableOnClassPath;
-    private String _testDataDir;
+    private String _moduleDir;
 
     /**
      *
-     * @param dir   the name of the system property that defines  path to the test files
+     * @param moduleDir   the name of the directory containing the test files
-     * @param classPathTestFile the name of the test file to check if resources are available from the classpath
      */
-    public POIDataSamples(String dir, String classPathTestFile){
+    private POIDataSamples(String moduleDir){
-        _testDataDir = dir;
+        _moduleDir = moduleDir;
-        initialise(classPathTestFile);
+        initialise();
     }
 
+    public static POIDataSamples getSpreadSheetInstance(){
+        if(_instSpreadsheet == null) _instSpreadsheet = new POIDataSamples("spreadsheet");
+        return _instSpreadsheet;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getDocumentInstance(){
+        if(_instDocument == null) _instDocument = new POIDataSamples("document");
+        return _instDocument;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getSlideShowInstance(){
+        if(_instSlideshow == null) _instSlideshow = new POIDataSamples("slideshow");
+        return _instSlideshow;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getDiagramInstance(){
+        if(_instOpenxml4j == null) _instOpenxml4j = new POIDataSamples("diagram");
+        return _instOpenxml4j;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getOpenXML4JInstance(){
+        if(_instDiagram == null) _instDiagram = new POIDataSamples("openxml4j");
+        return _instDiagram;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getPOIFSInstance(){
+        if(_instPOIFS == null) _instPOIFS = new POIDataSamples("poifs");
+        return _instPOIFS;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getDDFInstance(){
+        if(_instDDF == null) _instDDF = new POIDataSamples("ddf");
+        return _instDDF;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getHPSFInstance(){
+        if(_instHPSF == null) _instHPSF = new POIDataSamples("hpsf");
+        return _instHPSF;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getPublisherInstance(){
+        if(_instHPBF == null) _instHPBF = new POIDataSamples("publisher");
+        return _instHPBF;
+    }
+
+    public static POIDataSamples getHSMFInstance(){
+        if(_instHSMF == null) _instHSMF = new POIDataSamples("hsmf");
+        return _instHSMF;
+    }
     /**
      * Opens a sample file from the test data directory
      *
@@ -60,24 +123,11 @@ public abstract class POIDataSamples {
         }
         if (_resolvedDataDir == null) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Must set system property '"
-                    + _testDataDir
+                    + TEST_PROPERTY
                     + "' properly before running tests");
         }
 
-        File f = new File(_resolvedDataDir, sampleFileName);
+        File f = getFile(sampleFileName);
-        if (!f.exists()) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Sample file '" + sampleFileName
-                    + "' not found in data dir '" + _resolvedDataDir.getAbsolutePath() + "'");
-        }
-        try {
-            if(!sampleFileName.equals(f.getCanonicalFile().getName())){
-                throw new RuntimeException("File name is case-sensitive: requested '" + sampleFileName
-                        + "' but actual file is '" + f.getCanonicalFile().getName() + "'");
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e){
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-
         try {
             return new FileInputStream(f);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
@@ -87,13 +137,32 @@ public abstract class POIDataSamples {
 
     /**
      *
-     * @param classPathTest test file to check if the resources are avaiable from the classpath
+     * @param sampleFileName    the name of the test file
+     * @return
+     * @throws RuntimeException if the file was not found
      */
-    private void initialise(String classPathTest) {
+    public File getFile(String sampleFileName) {
-        String dataDirName = System.getProperty(_testDataDir);
+        File f = new File(_resolvedDataDir, sampleFileName);
+        if (!f.exists()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Sample file '" + sampleFileName
+                    + "' not found in data dir '" + _resolvedDataDir.getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+        }
+        try {
+            if(sampleFileName.length() > 0 && !sampleFileName.equals(f.getCanonicalFile().getName())){
+                throw new RuntimeException("File name is case-sensitive: requested '" + sampleFileName
+                        + "' but actual file is '" + f.getCanonicalFile().getName() + "'");
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e){
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        return f;
+    }
+
+    private void initialise() {
+        String dataDirName = System.getProperty(TEST_PROPERTY);
         if (dataDirName == null) {
             // check to see if we can just get the resources from the classpath
-            InputStream is = openClasspathResource(classPathTest);
+            InputStream is = openClasspathResource("");
             if (is != null) {
                 try {
                     is.close(); // be nice
@@ -104,14 +173,12 @@ public abstract class POIDataSamples {
                 return;
             }
 
-            throw new RuntimeException("Must set system property '"
+            throw new RuntimeException("Must set system property '" +
-                    + _testDataDir + "' before running tests");
+                    TEST_PROPERTY + "' before running tests");
         }
-        File dataDir = new File(dataDirName);
+        File dataDir = new File(dataDirName, _moduleDir);
         if (!dataDir.exists()) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Data dir '" + dataDirName
+            throw new RuntimeException("Data dir '" + _moduleDir + " does not exist");
-                    + "' specified by system property '" + _testDataDir
-                    + "' does not exist");
         }
         // convert to canonical file, to make any subsequent error messages
         // clearer.
@@ -129,7 +196,7 @@ public abstract class POIDataSamples {
      * @return <code>null</code> if the sample file is not deployed on the classpath.
      */
     private InputStream openClasspathResource(String sampleFileName) {
-        return getClass().getResourceAsStream("data/" + sampleFileName);
+        return getClass().getResourceAsStream("/" + _moduleDir + "/" + sampleFileName);
     }
 
     private static final class NonSeekableInputStream extends InputStream {

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherBlipRecord.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Test read/serialize of escher blip records
@@ -30,12 +31,12 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
  */
 public final class TestEscherBlipRecord extends TestCase {
-    protected String cwd = System.getProperty("DDF.testdata.path");
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getDDFInstance();
 
     //test reading/serializing of a PNG blip
     public void testReadPNG() {
         //provided in bug-44886
-        byte[] data = read(new File(cwd, "Container.dat"));
+        byte[] data = _samples.readFile("Container.dat");
 
         EscherContainerRecord record = new EscherContainerRecord();
         record.fillFields(data, 0, new DefaultEscherRecordFactory());
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public final class TestEscherBlipRecord extends TestCase {
     //test reading/serializing of a PICT metafile
     public void testReadPICT() {
         //provided in bug-44886
-        byte[] data = read(new File(cwd, "Container.dat"));
+        byte[] data = _samples.readFile("Container.dat");
 
         EscherContainerRecord record = new EscherContainerRecord();
         record.fillFields(data, 0, new DefaultEscherRecordFactory());
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ public final class TestEscherBlipRecord extends TestCase {
 
     //integral test: check that the read-write-read round trip is consistent
     public void testContainer() {
-        byte[] data = read(new File(cwd, "Container.dat"));
+        byte[] data = _samples.readFile("Container.dat");
 
         EscherContainerRecord record = new EscherContainerRecord();
         record.fillFields(data, 0, new DefaultEscherRecordFactory());
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ public final class TestEscherBlipRecord extends TestCase {
      * The test data was created from pl031405.xls attached to Bugzilla #47143
      */
     public void test47143() {
-        byte[] data = read(new File(cwd, "47143.dat"));
+        byte[] data = _samples.readFile("47143.dat");
         EscherBSERecord bse = new EscherBSERecord();
         bse.fillFields(data, 0, new DefaultEscherRecordFactory());
         bse.toString(); //assert that toString() works

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherContainerRecord.java

@@ -25,16 +25,13 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.apache.poi.util.HexRead;
 import org.apache.poi.util.HexDump;
 import org.apache.poi.util.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link EscherContainerRecord}
  */
 public final class TestEscherContainerRecord extends TestCase {
-	private String ESCHER_DATA_PATH;
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getDDFInstance();
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-		ESCHER_DATA_PATH = System.getProperty("DDF.testdata.path");
-	}
 
 	public void testFillFields() {
 		EscherRecordFactory f = new DefaultEscherRecordFactory();
@@ -151,11 +148,7 @@ public final class TestEscherContainerRecord extends TestCase {
 	 *  but hopefully we now read the correct size.
 	 */
 	public void testBug44857() throws Exception {
-		File f = new File(ESCHER_DATA_PATH, "Container.dat");
+		byte[] data = _samples.readFile("Container.dat");
-		assertTrue(f.exists());
-
-		FileInputStream finp = new FileInputStream(f);
-		byte[] data = IOUtils.toByteArray(finp);
 
 		// This used to fail with an OutOfMemory
 		EscherContainerRecord record = new EscherContainerRecord();

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/AllDataFilesTester.java

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.poi.hpsf.basic;
 
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
  *         href="mailto:klute@rainer-klute.de">&lt;klute@rainer-klute.de&gt;</a>
  */
 public class AllDataFilesTester {
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
 
     /**
      * <p>Interface specifying how to run a test on a single file.</p>
@@ -56,8 +59,8 @@ public class AllDataFilesTester {
      */
     public void runTests(final TestTask task) throws Throwable
     {
-        final String dataDirName = System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-        final File dataDir = new File(dataDirName);
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
         final File[] docs = dataDir.listFiles(new FileFilter()
         {
             public boolean accept(final File file)

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestBasic.java

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hpsf.PropertySetFactory;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.Section;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.SummaryInformation;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.wellknown.SectionIDMap;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * <p>Tests the basic HPSF functionality.</p>
@@ -80,11 +81,10 @@ public final class TestBasic extends TestCase {
      * @exception FileNotFoundException if the file to be read does not exist.
      * @exception IOException if any other I/O exception occurs.
      */
-    public void setUp() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
+    public void setUp() throws IOException
     {
-        final File dataDir =
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
+        final File data = samples.getFile(POI_FS);
-        final File data = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
         poiFiles = Util.readPOIFiles(data);
     }
 

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestEmptyProperties.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hpsf.PropertySet;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.PropertySetFactory;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.SummaryInformation;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.Variant;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * <p>Test case for OLE2 files with empty properties. An empty property's type
@@ -69,9 +70,8 @@ public final class TestEmptyProperties extends TestCase {
      */
     public void setUp() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
     {
-        final File dataDir =
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
+        final File data = samples.getFile(POI_FS);
-        final File data = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
 
         poiFiles = Util.readPOIFiles(data);
     }

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestReadAllFiles.java

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.PropertySetFactory;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * <p>Tests some HPSF functionality by reading all property sets from all files
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ public class TestReadAllFiles extends TestCase {
      */
     public void testReadAllFiles()
     {
-        final File dataDir =
+        POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
         final File[] fileList = dataDir.listFiles(new FileFilter()
             {
                 public boolean accept(final File f)

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestUnicode.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hpsf.PropertySet;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.PropertySetFactory;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.Section;
 import org.apache.poi.hpsf.SummaryInformation;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * <p>Tests whether Unicode string can be read from a
@@ -57,9 +58,8 @@ public class TestUnicode extends TestCase {
      * @exception IOException if any other I/O exception occurs
      */
     protected void setUp() {
-        final File dataDir =
+        POIDataSamples samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
+        data = samples.getFile(POI_FS);
-        data = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
     }
 
 

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestWrite.java

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.poifs.eventfilesystem.POIFSReaderListener;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
 import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndian;
 import org.apache.poi.util.TempFile;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * <p>Tests HPSF's writing functionality.</p>
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.TempFile;
  */
 public class TestWrite extends TestCase
 {
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
 
     static final String POI_FS = "TestHPSFWritingFunctionality.doc";
 
@@ -110,10 +112,7 @@ public class TestWrite extends TestCase
      */
     public void testNoFormatID() throws IOException
     {
-        final String dataDirName = System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path");
+        final File filename = TempFile.createTempFile(POI_FS, ".doc");
-        final File dataDir = new File(dataDirName);
-        final File filename = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
-        filename.deleteOnExit();
 
         /* Create a mutable property set with a section that does not have the
          * formatID set: */
@@ -159,8 +158,7 @@ public class TestWrite extends TestCase
     public void testWriteEmptyPropertySet()
         throws IOException, UnsupportedVariantTypeException
     {
-        final File dataDir =
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
         final File filename = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
         filename.deleteOnExit();
 
@@ -202,8 +200,7 @@ public class TestWrite extends TestCase
     {
         final String AUTHOR = "Rainer Klute";
         final String TITLE = "Test Document"; 
-        final File dataDir =
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
         final File filename = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
         filename.deleteOnExit();
         final OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(filename);
@@ -274,8 +271,7 @@ public class TestWrite extends TestCase
         final String SECTION1 = "Section 1";
         final String SECTION2 = "Section 2";
 
-        final File dataDir =
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
         final File filename = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
         filename.deleteOnExit();
         final OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(filename);
@@ -673,8 +669,7 @@ public class TestWrite extends TestCase
      */
     public void testRecreate()
     {
-        final File dataDir =
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
-            new File(System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path"));
         final File[] fileList = dataDir.listFiles(new FileFilter()
             {
                 public boolean accept(final File f)

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/basic/TestWriteWellKnown.java

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DirectoryEntry;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DocumentEntry;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DocumentInputStream;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * <p>Tests HPSF's high-level writing functionality for the well-known property
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ public class TestWriteWellKnown extends TestCase {
 
     /**
      * <p>This test method checks whether DocumentSummary information streams
-     * can be read. This is done by opening all "Test*" files in the directrory
+     * can be read. This is done by opening all "Test*" files in the 'poifs' directrory
-     * pointed to by the "HPSF.testdata.path" system property, trying to extract
+     * pointed to by the "POI.testdata.path" system property, trying to extract
      * the document summary information stream in the root directory and calling
      * its get... methods.</p>
      * @throws IOException 
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ public class TestWriteWellKnown extends TestCase {
             NoPropertySetStreamException, MarkUnsupportedException,
             UnexpectedPropertySetTypeException
     {
-        final String dataDirName = System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-        final File dataDir = new File(dataDirName);
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
         final File[] docs = dataDir.listFiles(new FileFilter()
         {
             public boolean accept(final File file)
@@ -205,8 +206,8 @@ public class TestWriteWellKnown extends TestCase {
             NoPropertySetStreamException, MarkUnsupportedException,
             UnexpectedPropertySetTypeException, WritingNotSupportedException
     {
-        final String dataDirName = System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-        final File dataDir = new File(dataDirName);
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
         final File doc1 = new File(dataDir, POI_FS);
     
         /* Read a test document <em>doc1</em> into a POI filesystem. */
@@ -625,8 +626,8 @@ public class TestWriteWellKnown extends TestCase {
             }
         };
 
-        final String dataDirName = System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path");
+        POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-        final File dataDir = new File(dataDirName);
+        final File dataDir = _samples.getFile("");
         final File[] docs = dataDir.listFiles(new FileFilter()
         {
             public boolean accept(final File file)

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hpsf/extractor/TestHPSFPropertiesExtractor.java

@@ -27,18 +27,15 @@ import org.apache.poi.hssf.extractor.ExcelExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.HSSFTestDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 public final class TestHPSFPropertiesExtractor extends TestCase {
-	private String dir;
+    private static final POIDataSamples _samples = POIDataSamples.getHPSFInstance();
-
-	protected void setUp() {
-		dir = System.getProperty("HPSF.testdata.path");
-		assertNotNull("HPSF.testdata.path not set", dir);
-	}
 
 	public void testNormalProperties() throws Exception {
-		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(
+		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				new File(dir, "TestMickey.doc")));
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("TestMickey.doc")
+        );
 		HPSFPropertiesExtractor ext = new HPSFPropertiesExtractor(fs);
 		ext.getText();
 
@@ -60,8 +57,9 @@ public final class TestHPSFPropertiesExtractor extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testNormalUnicodeProperties() throws Exception {
-		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(new File(dir,
+		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				"TestUnicode.xls")));
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("TestUnicode.xls")
+        );
 		HPSFPropertiesExtractor ext = new HPSFPropertiesExtractor(fs);
 		ext.getText();
 
@@ -83,8 +81,9 @@ public final class TestHPSFPropertiesExtractor extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testCustomProperties() throws Exception {
-		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(
+		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				new File(dir, "TestMickey.doc")));
+                _samples.openResourceAsStream("TestMickey.doc")
+        );
 		HPSFPropertiesExtractor ext = new HPSFPropertiesExtractor(fs);
 
 		// Custom properties are part of the document info stream
@@ -101,7 +100,9 @@ public final class TestHPSFPropertiesExtractor extends TestCase {
 		POIFSFileSystem fs;
 		HSSFWorkbook wb;
 		try {
-			fs = new POIFSFileSystem(new FileInputStream(new File(dir, "TestUnicode.xls")));
+			fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
+                    _samples.openResourceAsStream("TestUnicode.xls")
+            );
 			wb = new HSSFWorkbook(fs);
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(e);

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/HSSFITestDataProvider.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.ITestDataProvider;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.SpreadsheetVersion;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 
 /**
  * @author Yegor Kozlov
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public final class HSSFITestDataProvider implements ITestDataProvider {
     }
 
     public byte[] getTestDataFileContent(String fileName) {
-        return HSSFTestDataSamples.getTestDataFileContent(fileName);
+        return POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance().readFile(fileName);
     }
 
     public SpreadsheetVersion getSpreadsheetVersion(){

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/HSSFTestDataSamples.java

@@ -30,17 +30,9 @@ import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
  *
  * @author Josh Micich
  */
-public final class HSSFTestDataSamples extends POIDataSamples {
+public final class HSSFTestDataSamples {
 
-	private static final HSSFTestDataSamples _inst = new HSSFTestDataSamples("HSSF.testdata.path", "SampleSS.xls");
+	private static final POIDataSamples _inst = POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance();
-
-	private HSSFTestDataSamples(String dir, String classPathTestFile){
-		super(dir, classPathTestFile);
-	}
-
-	public static POIDataSamples getInstance(){
-		return _inst;
-	}
 
 	public static InputStream openSampleFileStream(String sampleFileName) {
 		return _inst.openResourceAsStream(sampleFileName);

src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/extractor/TestExcelExtractor.java

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.crypto.Biff8EncryptionKey;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.DirectoryNode;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
+
 /**
  *
  */
@@ -214,11 +216,8 @@ public final class TestExcelExtractor extends TestCase {
 	 * Embded in a non-excel file
 	 */
 	public void testWithEmbeded() throws Exception {
-		// TODO - encapsulate sys prop 'POIFS.testdata.path' similar to HSSFTestDataSamples
-		String pdirname = System.getProperty("POIFS.testdata.path");
-		String filename = pdirname + "/word_with_embeded.doc";
 		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				new FileInputStream(filename)
+			POIDataSamples.getDocumentInstance().openResourceAsStream("word_with_embeded.doc")
 		);
 
 		DirectoryNode objPool = (DirectoryNode) fs.getRoot().getEntry("ObjectPool");
@@ -244,11 +243,9 @@ public final class TestExcelExtractor extends TestCase {
 	 * Excel embeded in excel
 	 */
 	public void testWithEmbededInOwn() throws Exception {
-		// TODO - encapsulate sys prop 'POIFS.testdata.path' similar to HSSFTestDataSamples
+        POIDataSamples ssSamples = POIDataSamples.getSpreadSheetInstance();
-		String pdirname = System.getProperty("POIFS.testdata.path");
-		String filename = pdirname + "/excel_with_embeded.xls";
 		POIFSFileSystem fs = new POIFSFileSystem(
-				new FileInputStream(filename)
+                ssSamples.openResourceAsStream("excel_with_embeded.xls")
         );
 
 		DirectoryNode dirA = (DirectoryNode) fs.getRoot().getEntry("MBD0000A3B5");