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-/*
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-
-package org.elasticsearch.search.aggregations;
-
-import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseField;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
-import org.elasticsearch.rest.action.search.RestSearchAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertToXContentEquivalent;
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
-
-public class ParsedAggregationTests extends ESTestCase {
-
-    //TODO maybe this test will no longer be needed once we have real tests for ParsedAggregation subclasses
-    public void testParse() throws IOException {
-        String name = randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(5, 10);
-        Map<String, Object> meta = null;
-        if (randomBoolean()) {
-            int numMetas = randomIntBetween(0, 5);
-            meta = new HashMap<>(numMetas);
-            for (int i = 0; i < numMetas; i++) {
-                meta.put(randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(3, 10), randomAlphaOfLengthBetween(3, 10));
-            }
-        }
-        TestInternalAggregation testAgg = new TestInternalAggregation(name, meta);
-        XContentType xContentType = randomFrom(XContentType.values());
-        ToXContent.MapParams params = new ToXContent.MapParams(Collections.singletonMap(RestSearchAction.TYPED_KEYS_PARAM, "true"));
-        BytesReference bytesAgg = XContentHelper.toXContent(testAgg, xContentType, params, randomBoolean());
-        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(xContentType.xContent(), bytesAgg)) {
-            parser.nextToken();
-            assert parser.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT;
-            parser.nextToken();
-            assert parser.currentToken() == XContentParser.Token.FIELD_NAME;
-            String currentName = parser.currentName();
-            int i = currentName.indexOf(InternalAggregation.TYPED_KEYS_DELIMITER);
-            String aggType = currentName.substring(0, i);
-            String aggName = currentName.substring(i + 1);
-            Aggregation parsedAgg = parser.namedObject(Aggregation.class, aggType, aggName);
-            assertThat(parsedAgg, instanceOf(TestParsedAggregation.class));
-            assertEquals(testAgg.getName(), parsedAgg.getName());
-            assertEquals(testAgg.getMetaData(), parsedAgg.getMetaData());
-            if (meta != null) {
-                expectThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> parsedAgg.getMetaData().put("test", "test"));
-            }
-            BytesReference finalAgg = XContentHelper.toXContent((ToXContent) parsedAgg, xContentType, randomBoolean());
-            assertToXContentEquivalent(bytesAgg, finalAgg, xContentType);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry() {
-        NamedXContentRegistry.Entry entry = new NamedXContentRegistry.Entry(Aggregation.class, new ParseField("type"),
-                (parser, name) -> TestParsedAggregation.fromXContent(parser, (String)name));
-        return new NamedXContentRegistry(Collections.singletonList(entry));
-    }
-
-    private static class TestParsedAggregation extends ParsedAggregation {
-        private static ObjectParser<TestParsedAggregation, Void> PARSER = new ObjectParser<>("testAggParser", TestParsedAggregation::new);
-
-        static {
-            ParsedAggregation.declareAggregationFields(PARSER);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getType() {
-            return "type";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected XContentBuilder doXContentBody(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
-            return builder;
-        }
-
-        public static TestParsedAggregation fromXContent(XContentParser parser, String name) throws IOException {
-            TestParsedAggregation parsedAgg = PARSER.parse(parser, null);
-            parsedAgg.setName(name);
-            return parsedAgg;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static class TestInternalAggregation extends InternalAggregation {
-
-        private TestInternalAggregation(String name, Map<String, Object> metaData) {
-            super(name, Collections.emptyList(), metaData);
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getWriteableName() {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String getType() {
-            return "type";
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected void doWriteTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public InternalAggregation doReduce(List<InternalAggregation> aggregations, ReduceContext reduceContext) {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Object getProperty(List<String> path) {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public XContentBuilder doXContentBody(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
-            return builder;
-        }
-    }
-}