diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/conditions/issigned.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/conditions/issigned.xml
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+<project default="all">
+  
+  <target name="pass" description="check if a name of pass is ok">
+    <fail message="name of pass not seen in the signed pass.jar">
+      <condition>
+        <not>
+          <issigned file="jars/pass.jar" name="pass"/>
+        </not>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="password" description="check if a name of password is *not* ok">
+    <fail message="name of password is seen in the signed pass.jar">
+      <condition>
+        <issigned file="jars/pass.jar" name="password"/>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="apassword" description="check if the 8 letter shorting works">
+    <fail message="8 letter shorting does not work 1">
+      <condition>
+        <not>
+          <issigned file="jars/apassword.jar" name="apasswor"/>
+        </not>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+    <fail message="8 letter shorting does not work 2">
+      <condition>
+        <not>
+          <issigned file="jars/apassword.jar" name="apassword"/>
+        </not>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="allsigned" description="check the signed / not signed status">
+    <fail message="pass.jar should be signed">
+      <condition>
+        <not>
+          <issigned file="jars/pass.jar"/>
+        </not>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+    <fail message="nosign.jar should not be signed">
+      <condition>
+        <issigned file="jars/nosign.jar"/>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+
+    <fail message="apassword.jar should be signed">
+      <condition>
+        <not>
+          <issigned file="jars/apassword.jar"/>
+        </not>
+      </condition>
+    </fail>
+  </target>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/IsSignedTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/condition/IsSignedTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright  2004 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.condition;
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildFileTest;
+
+/**
+ * Testcase for the &lt;issigned&gt; condition.
+ *
+ */
+public class IsSignedTest extends BuildFileTest {
+
+    public IsSignedTest(String name) {
+        super(name);
+    }
+    public void setUp() {
+        configureProject("src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/conditions/issigned.xml");
+    }
+
+    public void testPass() {
+        executeTarget("pass");
+    }
+    public void testPassword() {
+        executeTarget("password");
+    }
+    public void testAPassword() {
+        executeTarget("apassword");
+    }
+    public void testAllSigned() {
+        executeTarget("allsigned");
+    }
+}