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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2009 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
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## Test that trashing a post works, and checking side effects like updating
+## lastPost information in the Thread, and CS.
+
+use FindBin;
+use strict;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../../lib";
+use WebGUI::Test;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+use Test::More tests => 9; # increment this value for each test you create
+use WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Collaboration;
+use WebGUI::Asset::Post;
+use WebGUI::Asset::Post::Thread;
+use Mail::Send;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use Encode;
+
+my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
+
+# Do our work in the import node
+my $node = WebGUI::Asset->getImportNode($session);
+
+# Grab a named version tag
+my $versionTag = WebGUI::VersionTag->getWorking($session);
+$versionTag->set({name=>"Collab setup"});
+
+# Need to create a Collaboration system in which the post lives.
+my @addArgs = ( undef, undef, { skipAutoCommitWorkflows => 1, skipNotification => 1 } );
+
+my $notification_template = $node->addChild({
+ className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Template',
+ template => "
!!!url:!!!content:!!!",
+}, @addArgs);
+
+my $collab = $node->addChild({
+ className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::Collaboration',
+ notificationTemplateId => $notification_template->getId,
+}, @addArgs);
+
+# finally, add posts and threads to the collaboration system
+
+my $first_thread = $collab->addChild( { className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Post::Thread', }, @addArgs);
+
+##Thread 1, Post 1 => t1p1
+my $title = "H\x{00E4}ufige Fragen";
+utf8::upgrade($title);
+my $content = "Ba\x{00DF}";
+utf8::upgrade($content);
+my $t1p1 = $first_thread->addChild(
+ {
+ className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Post',
+ title => $title,
+ url => lc $title,
+ content => $content,
+ },
+ @addArgs
+);
+
+$versionTag->commit();
+WebGUI::Test->addToCleanup($versionTag);
+
+is $t1p1->get('title'), "H\x{00E4}ufige Fragen", "utf8 in title set correctly";
+is $t1p1->get('url'), "h\x{00E4}ufige-fragen", "... in url";
+is $t1p1->get('content'), "Ba\x{00DF}", "... in content";
+
+foreach my $asset ($collab, $first_thread, $t1p1, ) {
+ $asset = $asset->cloneFromDb;
+}
+
+is $t1p1->get('title'), "H\x{00E4}ufige Fragen", "utf8 title pulled correctly from db";
+is $t1p1->get('url'), "h\x{00E4}ufige-fragen", "... and url";
+is $t1p1->get('content'), "Ba\x{00DF}", "... and content";
+
+$t1p1->notifySubscribers();
+
+my $messageIds = $session->db->buildArrayRef("select messageId from mailQueue where message like '%cs-".$t1p1->getId."%'");
+
+is @{ $messageIds }, 2, 'two email messages sent, one for cs, one for thread';
+
+WebGUI::Test->addToCleanup(SQL => 'delete from mailQueue where messageId IN ('. $session->db->quoteAndJoin($messageIds).')');
+
+my $message1 = WebGUI::Mail::Send->retrieve($session, $messageIds->[0]);
+my $subject = $message1->getMimeEntity->head->get('Subject');
+$subject = decode('MIME-Q', $subject);
+chomp $subject;
+is $subject, "H\x{00E4}ufige Fragen", 'subject has correct UTF8 phrase';
+my $body = $message1->getMimeEntity->parts(0)->bodyhandle->as_string; ##comes out decoded for us
+my ($url, $content) = $body =~ /!!!url:([^!]+)!!!content:([^!]+)!!!/;
+my $expected_url = $session->url->getSiteURL . "/h\x{00E4}ufige-fragen";
+utf8::encode($expected_url);
+is $url,
+ $expected_url,
+ 'url UTF8 checks out';
+
+#vim:ft=perl
+