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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project default="antunit" xmlns:au="antlib:org.apache.ant.antunit">
+
+  <!-- note relies on antunit built from svn trunk (1.1-alpha) -->
+  <import file="../antunit-base.xml"/>
+	
+  <target name="setUp">
+	<property name="file" location="${java.io.tmpdir}/echoed.xml"/>
+  	<echoxml file="${file}">
+  	  <project>
+  	    <property name="foo" value="bar" />
+  	    <fail message="$$$${foo}=$${foo}">
+  	      <condition>
+  	        <istrue value="${mustfail}" />
+  	      </condition>
+  	    </fail>
+  	  </project>
+  	</echoxml>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="tearDown">
+    <delete file="${file}"/>
+  </target>	
+
+  <target name="testPass">
+	<ant antfile="${file}"/>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="testFail">
+  	<au:expectfailure expectedmessage="${foo}=bar" message="Should have thrown an exception">
+      <ant antfile="${file}">
+        <property name="mustfail" value="true" />
+      </ant>
+  	</au:expectfailure>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="testEmpty">
+  	<au:expectfailure expectedmessage="No nested XML specified" message="Should have thrown an exception">
+      <echoxml />
+  	</au:expectfailure>
+  </target>
+	
+  <target name="test-ns"> <!-- comment this if you don't have the svn trunk of antunit -->
+	<echoxml file="${file}" xmlns:a="antlib:a">
+		 <a:something />
+  	</echoxml>
+  	<au:assertResourceContains resource="${file}" value="a:something"/>
+  </target>
+</project>
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