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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project name="resourcecontains-test" default="antunit" xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit">
+
+  <import file="../../antunit-base.xml"/>
+
+  <target name="setUp">
+    <property name="file" location="${java.io.tmpdir}/test-resource.txt"/>
+  	<echo file="${file}" message="loads of text!"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="tearDown">
+    <delete file="${file}"/>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="testcontains">
+  	<au:assertFileExists file="${file}"/>
+	<au:assertTrue message="Should have found the text in the resource">
+  	  <resourcecontains resource="${file}" substring="text"/>
+  	</au:assertTrue>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="testwithemptyfile">
+  	<delete file="${file}"/>
+  	<touch file="${file}"/>
+	<au:assertFalse message="Should have found nothing as file is empty">
+      <resourcecontains resource="${file}" substring="text"/>
+	</au:assertFalse>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="testdoesntcontain">
+  	<au:assertFalse message="Should have found nothing as file is empty">
+  	  <resourcecontains resource="${file}" substring="futurama"/>
+    </au:assertFalse>
+  </target>
+</project>
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