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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package javax.xml.xpath;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+/*
+ * Base class for XPath test
+ */
+class XPathTestBase {
+
+    static final String rawXML
+            = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>"
+            + "<Customers>"
+            + "    <Customer id=\"1\">"
+            + "        <Name>name1</Name>"
+            + "        <Phone>1111111111</Phone>"
+            + "        <Email>123@xyz.com</Email>"
+            + "        <Address>"
+            + "            <Street>1111 111st ave</Street>"
+            + "            <City>The City</City>"
+            + "            <State>The State</State>"
+            + "        </Address>"
+            + "    </Customer>"
+            + "    <Customer id=\"2\">"
+            + "        <Name>name1</Name>"
+            + "        <Phone>2222222222</Phone>"
+            + "        <Email>123@xyz.com</Email>"
+            + "        <Address>"
+            + "            <Street>2222 222nd ave</Street>"
+            + "            <City>The City</City>"
+            + "            <State>The State</State>"
+            + "        </Address>"
+            + "    </Customer>"
+            + "    <Customer id=\"3\">"
+            + "        <Name>name1</Name>"
+            + "        <Phone>3333333333</Phone>"
+            + "        <Email>123@xyz.com</Email>"
+            + "        <Address>"
+            + "            <Street>3333 333rd ave</Street>"
+            + "            <City>The City</City>"
+            + "            <State>The State</State>"
+            + "        </Address>"
+            + "    </Customer>"
+            + "</Customers>";
+
+    void verifyResult(XPathEvaluationResult<?> result, Object expected) {
+        switch (result.type()) {
+            case BOOLEAN:
+                assertTrue(((Boolean) result.value()).equals(expected));
+                return;
+            case NUMBER:
+                assertTrue(((Double) result.value()).equals(expected));
+                return;
+            case STRING:
+                assertTrue(((String) result.value()).equals(expected));
+                return;
+            case NODESET:
+                XPathNodes nodes = (XPathNodes) result.value();
+                for (Node n : nodes) {
+                    assertEquals(n.getLocalName(), expected);
+                }
+                return;
+            case NODE:
+                assertTrue(((Node) result.value()).getLocalName().equals(expected));
+                return;
+        }
+        assertFalse(true, "Unsupported type");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * DataProvider: XPath object
+     */
+    @DataProvider(name = "xpath")
+    Object[][] getXPath() {
+        return new Object[][]{{XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath()}};
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * DataProvider: XPath and Document objects
+     */
+    @DataProvider(name = "document")
+    Object[][] getDocument() throws Exception {
+        DocumentBuilderFactory dBF = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+        dBF.setValidating(false);
+        dBF.setNamespaceAware(true);
+        Document doc = dBF.newDocumentBuilder().parse(
+                new ByteArrayInputStream(rawXML.getBytes("UTF-8")));
+
+        return new Object[][]{{XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath(), doc}};
+    }
+}