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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Common superclass for test cases.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public abstract class TestCase {
+  public static void assertSame(Object expected, Object value) {
+    if (expected != value) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Objects are not the same: expected " +
+          String.valueOf(expected) + ", got " + String.valueOf(value));
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertNotSame(Object expected, Object value) {
+    if (expected == value) {
+      throw new AssertionError(
+          "Objects are the same: " + String.valueOf(expected));
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(String message, int expected, int actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(int expected, int actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertTrue(String message, boolean condition) {
+    if (!condition) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertTrue(boolean condition) {
+    assertTrue("Expected true", condition);
+  }
+
+  public static void assertFalse(String message, boolean condition) {
+    if (condition) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertFalse(boolean condition) {
+    assertFalse("Expected false", condition);
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(Object expected, Object actual) {
+    if (!expected.equals(actual)) {
+      String msg = "Expected \"" + expected + "\" but got \"" + actual + "\"";
+      throw new AssertionError(msg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertNotEquals(int expected, int actual) {
+    if (expected == actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertNotEquals(Object expected, Object actual) {
+    if (expected.equals(actual)) {
+      String msg = "Objects are the same: " + String.valueOf(expected);
+      throw new AssertionError(msg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static <T> void assertArrayEquals(T[] actual, T... expected) {
+      assertTrue(Arrays.equals(expected, actual));
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(
+      String message, Object expected, Object actual) {
+    if (!expected.equals(actual)) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(
+      String message, long expected, long actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(long expected, long actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(
+      String message, boolean expected, boolean actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(boolean expected, boolean actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(
+      String message, float expected, float actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(float expected, float actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(float expected, float actual,
+                                  float tolerance) {
+    if ((actual < expected - tolerance) || (expected + tolerance < actual)) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual +
+          " tolerance " + tolerance);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(
+      String message, double expected, double actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(double expected, double actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertEquals(double expected, double actual,
+                                  double tolerance) {
+    if ((actual < expected - tolerance) || (expected + tolerance < actual)) {
+      throw new AssertionError("Expected " + expected + " got " + actual +
+          " tolerance " + tolerance);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertSame(
+      String message, Object expected, Object actual) {
+    if (expected != actual) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertNull(String message, Object object) {
+    if (object != null) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertNull(Object object) {
+    assertNull("Expected null", object);
+  }
+
+  public static void assertNotNull(String message, Object object) {
+    if (object == null) {
+      throw new AssertionError(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void assertNotNull(Object object) {
+    assertNotNull("Expected non-null", object);
+  }
+
+  public static void fail(String msg) {
+    throw new AssertionError(msg);
+  }
+}