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+package ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.mdm.svc;
+
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.entity.MdmLink;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.mdm.BaseMdmR4Test;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.jpa.searchparam.SearchParameterMap;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.api.IMdmLinkSvc;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.api.IMdmSurvivorshipService;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.api.MdmConstants;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.api.MdmLinkSourceEnum;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.api.MdmMatchOutcome;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.model.MdmTransactionContext;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.util.GoldenResourceHelper;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.server.IBundleProvider;
+import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.param.TokenParam;
+import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IAnyResource;
+import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Patient;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.Captor;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.SpyBean;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import static ca.uhn.fhir.mdm.api.MdmMatchResultEnum.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+public class MdmMatchLinkSvcSurvivorshipTest extends BaseMdmR4Test {
+
+	private static final Logger ourLog = getLogger(MdmMatchLinkSvcSurvivorshipTest.class);
+
+	@Autowired
+	IMdmLinkSvc myMdmLinkSvc;
+
+	@SpyBean
+	IMdmSurvivorshipService myMdmSurvivorshipService;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private GoldenResourceHelper myGoldenResourceHelper;
+
+	@Captor
+	ArgumentCaptor<Patient> myPatientCaptor;
+	@Captor
+	ArgumentCaptor<MdmTransactionContext> myContext;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSurvivorshipIsCalledOnMatchingToTheSameGoldenResource() {
+		// no candidates
+		createPatientAndUpdateLinks(buildJanePatient());
+		verifySurvivorshipCalled(1);
+
+		// single candidate
+		createPatientAndUpdateLinks(buildJanePatient());
+		verifySurvivorshipCalled(2);
+
+		// multiple candidates matching to the same golden record
+		createPatientAndUpdateLinks(buildJanePatient());
+		verifySurvivorshipCalled(3);
+	}
+
+	private void verifySurvivorshipCalled(int theNumberOfTimes) {
+		Mockito.verify(myMdmSurvivorshipService, times(theNumberOfTimes)).applySurvivorshipRulesToGoldenResource(myPatientCaptor.capture(), myPatientCaptor.capture(), myContext.capture());
+	}
+}