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+# vim:syntax=perl
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2007 Plain Black Corporation.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+# (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+# this software.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+# http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+#------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# This tests the operation of Authentication
+# 
+#
+
+use FindBin;
+use strict;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+use Test::More;
+use WebGUI::Test; # Must use this before any other WebGUI modules
+use WebGUI::Session;
+use WebGUI::Operation::Auth;
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Init
+my $session         = WebGUI::Test->session;
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests
+
+plan tests => 6;        # Increment this number for each test you create
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Test the getInstance method
+# By default, it returns a WebGUI::Auth::WebGUI object
+my $auth = WebGUI::Operation::Auth::getInstance( $session );
+ok($auth, 'getInstance returned something');
+isa_ok($auth, 'WebGUI::Auth::WebGUI');
+
+# Test the web method for auth operation
+# First a clean session, without an authenticated user
+my $output = WebGUI::Operation::Auth::www_auth($session);
+like(
+    $output,
+    qr/<input type="hidden" name="method" value="login" /, 
+    "Hidden form elements for login displayed",
+);
+
+# Become admin and test web method
+$session->user({userId => 3});
+$output = WebGUI::Operation::Auth::www_auth($session);
+unlike(
+    $output,
+    qr/<input type="hidden" name="method" value="login" /, 
+    "Hidden form elements for login NOT displayed to valid user",
+);
+
+like(
+    $output,
+    qr/Edit account information/,
+    "Edit account information link exists"
+);
+
+like(
+    $output,
+    qr/Edit profile/,
+    "Edit Profile link exists"
+);
+
+
+
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Cleanup
+END {
+
+}