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+/*
+ *   SONEWS 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.unit.util;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.sonews.util.TimeoutMap;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for class org.sonews.util.TimeoutMap.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ * @see org.sonews.util.TimeoutMap
+ */
+public class TimeoutMapTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+  public TimeoutMapTest()
+  {
+    super("TimeoutMapTest");
+  }
+  
+  public void testTimeoutBehaviour()
+  {
+    TimeoutMap<String, Object> tm = new TimeoutMap<String, Object>(1000);
+    Object testobj = new Object();
+    
+    tm.put("testkey", testobj);
+    
+    assertNotNull(tm.get("testkey"));
+    assertTrue(tm.containsKey("testkey"));
+    assertTrue(tm.contains(testobj));
+    
+    try
+    {
+      Thread.sleep(800);
+    }
+    catch(InterruptedException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); }
+    
+    assertNotNull(tm.get("testkey"));
+    assertTrue(tm.containsKey("testkey"));
+    assertTrue(tm.contains(testobj));
+    
+    try
+    {
+      Thread.sleep(200);
+    }
+    catch(InterruptedException ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); }
+    
+    assertNull(tm.get("testkey"));
+    assertFalse(tm.containsKey("testkey"));
+    assertFalse(tm.contains(testobj));
+  }
+  
+}