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+/*
+ *   StarOffice News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program 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 for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package test;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for every test performed by the TestBench. 
+ * Connects to a NNTP Server and provides basic methods for sending and
+ * receiving data.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractTest
+{
+
+  protected static PrintWriter log;
+  
+  static
+  {
+    try
+    {
+      log = new PrintWriter(new File("test.log"));
+    }
+    catch(Exception ex)
+    {
+      ex.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
+  
+  protected BufferedReader  in;
+  protected PrintWriter     out;
+  protected Socket          socket;
+  
+  /**
+   * Connects to NNTP Server using for
+   * @param host
+   * @param port
+   * @throws java.io.IOException
+   * @throws java.net.UnknownHostException
+   */
+  public void connect(String host, int port)
+    throws IOException, UnknownHostException
+  {
+    socket = new Socket(host, port);
+    socket.setSoTimeout(10000);
+    this.in  = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
+    this.out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
+  }
+  
+  protected void println(String line)
+  {
+    this.out.println(line);
+    this.out.flush();
+    
+    log.println(">> " + line);
+    log.flush();
+  }
+  
+  protected String readln()
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    String line = this.in.readLine();
+    log.println("<< " + line);
+    log.flush();
+    return line;
+  }
+  
+  public abstract int runTest() throws Exception;
+  
+}