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+/*
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+
+package org.apache.tools.ant.util;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for org.apache.tools.ant.util.FileUtils.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:stefan.bodewig@epost.de">Stefan Bodewig</a> 
+ */
+public class FileUtilsTest extends TestCase {
+
+    private File removeThis;
+
+    public FileUtilsTest(String name) {
+        super(name);
+    }
+
+    public void tearDown() {
+        if (removeThis != null && removeThis.exists()) {
+            removeThis.delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void testSetLastModified() throws IOException {
+        FileUtils fu = FileUtils.newFileUtils();
+        removeThis = new File("dummy");
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(removeThis);
+        fos.write(new byte[0]);
+        fos.close();
+        long modTime = removeThis.lastModified();
+        assertTrue(modTime != 0);
+
+        /*
+         * Sleep for some time to make sure a touched file would get a
+         * more recent timestamp according to the file system's
+         * granularity (should be > 2s to account for Windows FAT).
+         */
+        try {
+            Thread.currentThread().sleep(5000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+            fail(ie.getMessage());
+        }
+
+        fu.setFileLastModified(removeThis, -1);
+        long secondModTime = removeThis.lastModified();
+        try {
+            Class.forName("java.lang.ThreadLocal");
+            assertTrue(secondModTime > modTime);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            // JDK 1.1
+            assertEquals(modTime, secondModTime);
+        }
+        
+
+        fu.setFileLastModified(removeThis, 123456);
+        long thirdModTime = removeThis.lastModified();
+        try {
+            Class.forName("java.lang.ThreadLocal");
+            /*
+             * I would love to compare this with 123456, but depending on
+             * the filesystems granularity it can take an arbitrary value.
+             *
+             * Just assert the time has changed.
+             */
+            assertTrue(thirdModTime != secondModTime);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            // JDK 1.1
+            assertEquals(modTime, thirdModTime);
+        }
+    }
+
+}