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package groovy.util

class XmlSlurperTest extends GroovyTestCase {

void testXmlParser() {
    def text = """
<characters>
  <props>
    <prop>dd</prop>
  </props>
  <character id="1" name="Wallace">
     <likes>cheese</likes>
  </character>
  <character id="2" name="Gromit">
    <likes>sleep</likes>
  </character>
</characters>
"""

    def node = new XmlSlurper().parseText(text);

    assert node != null
    assert node.children().size() == 3 //, "Children ${node.children()}"

    def characters = node.character
    println "node:" + node.children().size()
    println "charcterscharacters:" + node.character.size()
    for (c in characters) {
        println c['@name']
    }

    assert characters.size() == 2

    assert node.character.likes.size() == 2 //, "Likes ${node.character.likes}"

    // lets find Gromit
    def gromit = node.character.find { it['@id'] == '2' }
    assert gromit != null //, "Should have found Gromit!"
    assert gromit['@name'] == "Gromit"

    // lets find what Wallace likes in 1 query
    def answer = node.character.find { it['@id'] == '1' }.likes.text()
    assert answer == "cheese"
}
}