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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Puppet::Type.type(:entropy_keywords).provider(:parsed) do
+  before do
+    described_class.stubs(:filetype).returns(Puppet::Util::FileType::FileTypeRam)
+    described_class.stubs(:filetype=)
+    @default_target = described_class.default_target
+  end
+
+  describe 'should have a default target of /etc/entropy/packages/package.keywords' do
+    it do
+      expect(described_class.default_target).to eq('/etc/entropy/packages/package.keywords')
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'when parsing' do
+    it 'should parse out the name' do
+      line = '** app-admin/foobar ## Puppet Name: foobar'
+      expect(described_class.parse_line(line)[:name]).to eq('foobar')
+    end
+
+    context 'with just a package name' do
+      line = '** app-admin/foobar ## Puppet Name: foobar'
+      parsed = described_class.parse_line(line)
+
+      it 'should parse out the keyword' do
+        expect(parsed[:keyword]).to eq('**')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the package name' do
+        expect(parsed[:package]).to eq('app-admin/foobar')
+      end
+
+      it 'should have all other parameters undefined' do
+        [:operator, :version, :repo].each do |param|
+          expect(parsed[param]).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with a versioned package' do
+      line = '** app-admin/foobar-1.2.3_alpha1-r1 ## Puppet Name: foobar'
+      parsed = described_class.parse_line(line)
+
+      it 'should parse out the keyword' do
+        expect(parsed[:keyword]).to eq('**')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the package name' do
+        expect(parsed[:package]).to eq('app-admin/foobar')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the version' do
+        expect(parsed[:version]).to eq('1.2.3_alpha1-r1')
+      end
+
+      it 'should have all other parameters undefined' do
+        [:operator, :repo].each do |param|
+          expect(parsed[param]).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with a package range' do
+      line = '** >=app-admin/foobar-1.2.3_alpha1-r1 ## Puppet Name: foobar'
+      parsed = described_class.parse_line(line)
+
+      it 'should parse out the keyword' do
+        expect(parsed[:keyword]).to eq('**')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the package name' do
+        expect(parsed[:package]).to eq('app-admin/foobar')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the version' do
+        expect(parsed[:version]).to eq('1.2.3_alpha1-r1')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the operator' do
+        expect(parsed[:operator]).to eq('>=')
+      end
+
+      it 'should have all other parameters undefined' do
+        [:repo].each do |param|
+          expect(parsed[param]).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with a package from a specific repo' do
+      line = '** app-admin/foobar repo=community ## Puppet Name: foobar'
+      parsed = described_class.parse_line(line)
+
+      it 'should parse out the keyword' do
+        expect(parsed[:keyword]).to eq('**')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the package name' do
+        expect(parsed[:package]).to eq('app-admin/foobar')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the repo' do
+        expect(parsed[:repo]).to eq('community')
+      end
+
+      it 'should have all other parameters undefined' do
+        [:operator, :version].each do |param|
+          expect(parsed[param]).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with all packages from a specific repo' do
+      line = 'amd64 repo=community ## Puppet Name: foobar'
+      parsed = described_class.parse_line(line)
+
+      it 'should parse out the keyword' do
+        expect(parsed[:keyword]).to eq('amd64')
+      end
+
+      it 'should parse out the repo' do
+        expect(parsed[:repo]).to eq('community')
+      end
+
+      it 'should have all other parameters undefined' do
+        [:package, :operator, :version].each do |param|
+          expect(parsed[param]).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with everything' do
+      line = '** >=app-admin/foobar-1.2.3a_alpha1-r1 repo=community ## Puppet Name: foobar'
+      parsed = described_class.parse_line(line)
+
+      expected = {
+        :name     => 'foobar',
+        :keyword  => '**',
+        :package  => 'app-admin/foobar',
+        :operator => '>=',
+        :version  => '1.2.3a_alpha1-r1',
+        :repo     => 'community',
+      }
+
+      it 'should parse out all parameters' do
+        expected.each do |param, value|
+          expect(parsed[param]).to eq(value)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe 'when flushing' do 
+    before :each do
+      @ramfile = Puppet::Util::FileType::FileTypeRam.new(@default_target)
+      File.stubs(:exist?).with(@default_target).returns(true)
+      described_class.any_instance.stubs(:target_object).returns(@ramfile)
+    end
+
+    after :each do
+      described_class.clear
+    end
+
+    it 'should output a single package entry' do
+      resource = {
+        :record_type => :parsed,
+        :name        => 'test',
+        :keyword     => '**',
+        :package     => 'app-admin/foobar',
+      }
+      expect(described_class.to_line(resource)).to eq ('** app-admin/foobar ## Puppet Name: test')
+    end
+
+    it 'should output a versioned package entry' do
+      resource = {
+        :record_type => :parsed,
+        :name        => 'test',
+        :keyword     => '**',
+        :package     => 'app-admin/foobar',
+        :version     => '1.2.3',
+      }
+      expect(described_class.to_line(resource)).to eq ('** app-admin/foobar-1.2.3 ## Puppet Name: test')
+    end
+
+    it 'should output a ranged versioned package entry' do
+      resource = {
+        :record_type => :parsed,
+        :name        => 'test',
+        :keyword     => '**',
+        :package     => 'app-admin/foobar',
+        :version     => '1.2.3',
+        :operator    => '>=',
+      }
+      expect(described_class.to_line(resource)).to eq ('** >=app-admin/foobar-1.2.3 ## Puppet Name: test')
+    end
+
+    it 'should output a repo-specific package entry' do
+      resource = {
+        :record_type => :parsed,
+        :name        => 'test',
+        :keyword     => '**',
+        :package     => 'app-admin/foobar',
+        :repo        => 'community',
+      }
+      expect(described_class.to_line(resource)).to eq ('** app-admin/foobar repo=community ## Puppet Name: test')
+    end
+
+    it 'should output a whole-repo entry' do
+      resource = {
+        :record_type => :parsed,
+        :name        => 'test',
+        :keyword     => '**',
+        :repo        => 'community',
+      }
+      expect(described_class.to_line(resource)).to eq ('** repo=community ## Puppet Name: test')
+    end
+
+    it 'should output all fields for a package entry' do
+      resource = {
+        :record_type => :parsed,
+        :name        => 'test',
+        :keyword     => '**',
+        :package     => 'app-admin/foobar',
+        :operator    => '>=',
+        :version     => '1.2.3',
+        :repo        => 'community',
+      }
+      expect(described_class.to_line(resource)).to eq ('** >=app-admin/foobar-1.2.3 repo=community ## Puppet Name: test')
+    end
+  end
+end