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+
+/* ====================================================================
+   Copyright 2002-2004   Apache Software Foundation
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+        
+
+
+package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
+
+import org.apache.poi.hslf.record.StyleTextPropAtom.*;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Tests that StyleTextPropAtom works properly
+ *
+ * @author Nick Burch (nick at torchbox dot com)
+ */
+public class TestStyleTextPropAtom extends TestCase {
+	// From a real file
+	private byte[] data_a = new byte[] { 0, 0, 0xA1-256, 0x0F, 0x2A, 0, 0, 0,
+      0x36, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 
+	  00, 00, 0x15, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,
+      00, 00, 0x11, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00,
+	  0x04, 00, 00, 00, 00, 0x05, 0x10, 00,
+      00, 00, 00, 00, 0x04, 00, 0xFF-256, 0x33, 00, 0xFE-256
+	};
+
+	private byte[] data_b = new byte[] { 0, 0, 0xA1-256, 0x0F, 0x2E, 0, 0, 0, 
+	  0x53, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+	  0, 0, 0x1E, 0, 0, 0, 01, 0, 
+	  0, 0, 01, 0, 0x1C, 0, 0, 0, 
+	  02, 0, 04, 0, 02, 0, 0, 0,
+	  0, 05, 0x19, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+	  04, 0, 0xFF-256, 0x33, 0, 0xFE-256
+	};
+
+    public void testRecordType() throws Exception {
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpa = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_a,0,data_a.length);
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpb = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_b,0,data_b.length);
+		assertEquals(4001l, stpa.getRecordType());
+		assertEquals(4001l, stpb.getRecordType());
+	}
+
+	public void testCharacterGroups() throws Exception {
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpa = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_a,0,data_a.length);
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpb = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_b,0,data_b.length);
+
+		assertEquals(3, stpa.getCharacterStyles().length);
+		assertEquals(3, stpb.getCharacterStyles().length);
+	}
+
+	public void testCharacterLengths() throws Exception {
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpa = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_a,0,data_a.length);
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpb = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_b,0,data_b.length);
+
+		// 54 chars, 21 + 17 (+ 16)
+		assertEquals(54, stpa.getParagraphStyleCharactersCoveredLength() );
+		CharacterStyle[] csa = stpa.getCharacterStyles();
+		assertEquals(21, csa[0].getCharactersCoveredLength() );
+		assertEquals(17, csa[1].getCharactersCoveredLength() );
+		assertEquals(0, csa[2].getCharactersCoveredLength() );
+
+		// 83 chars, 30 + 28 (+ 25)
+		assertEquals(83, stpb.getParagraphStyleCharactersCoveredLength() );
+		CharacterStyle[] csb = stpb.getCharacterStyles();
+		assertEquals(30, csb[0].getCharactersCoveredLength() );
+		assertEquals(28, csb[1].getCharactersCoveredLength() );
+		assertEquals(0, csb[2].getCharactersCoveredLength() );
+	}
+
+	public void testCharacterProps() throws Exception {
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpa = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_a,0,data_a.length);
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpb = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_b,0,data_b.length);
+
+		// Set A has no styles
+		CharacterStyle[] csa = stpa.getCharacterStyles();
+		for(int i=0; i<csa.length; i++) {
+			assertEquals(false, csa[i].isBold() );
+			assertEquals(false, csa[i].isItalic() );
+			assertEquals(false, csa[i].isUnderlined() );
+		}
+
+		// Set B - 1st bold, 2nd italic
+		CharacterStyle[] csb = stpb.getCharacterStyles();
+		assertEquals(true, csb[0].isBold() );
+		assertEquals(true, csb[1].isItalic() );
+	}
+
+	public void testWrite() throws Exception {
+		StyleTextPropAtom stpa = new StyleTextPropAtom(data_a,0,data_a.length);
+		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		stpa.writeOut(baos);
+		byte[] b = baos.toByteArray();
+
+		assertEquals(data_a.length, b.length);
+		for(int i=0; i<data_a.length; i++) {
+			assertEquals(data_a[i],b[i]);
+		}
+	}
+}