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+package com.baeldung.poi.excel;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.util.CellRangeAddress;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class ExcelCellMergerUnitTest {
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "ExcelCellFormatterTest.xlsx";
+    private String fileLocation;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+            fileLocation = Paths.get(ClassLoader.getSystemResource(FILE_NAME).toURI()).toString();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenCellIndex_whenAddMergeRegion_thenMergeRegionCreated() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+
+        assertEquals(0, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());
+        int firstRow = 0; 
+        int lastRow = 0; 
+        int firstCol = 0; 
+        int lastCol = 2;
+        sheet.addMergedRegion(new CellRangeAddress(firstRow, lastRow, firstCol, lastCol));
+        assertEquals(1, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());
+
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenCellRefString_whenAddMergeRegion_thenMergeRegionCreated() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(fileLocation);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+
+        assertEquals(0, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());        
+        sheet.addMergedRegion(CellRangeAddress.valueOf("A1:C1"));
+        assertEquals(1, sheet.getNumMergedRegions());
+
+        workbook.close();
+    }
+
+}
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