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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 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
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+use FindBin;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib"; ##t/lib
+
+use WebGUI::Test;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+use WebGUI::Asset::Template;
+
+#The goal of this test is to find hard coded extras paths in templates or in
+#the extraHeadTags of any assets.
+
+use Test::More; # increment this value for each test you create
+my $numTests = 0;
+plan skip_all => 'set CODE_COP to enable this test' unless $ENV{CODE_COP};
+
+my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
+my $lib = WebGUI::Test->lib;
+
+my $hardcodedExtras = qr!(?:href|src)=.\^?/[(;]?extras/!;
+
+# put your tests here
+
+my @hardcodedExtras;
+
+my $getATemplate = WebGUI::Asset::Template->getIsa($session);
+TEMPLATE: while (my $templateAsset = $getATemplate->()) {
+    my $template = $templateAsset->get('template');
+    next TEMPLATE unless $template;
+    if ($template =~ m!$hardcodedExtras! ) {
+        push @hardcodedExtras, {
+            url        => $templateAsset->getUrl,
+            id         => $templateAsset->getId,
+            title      => $templateAsset->getTitle,
+            type       => 'Template',
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+my $getAnAsset = WebGUI::Asset->getIsa($session);
+ASSET: while (my $asset = $getAnAsset->()) {
+    my $headTags = $asset->get('extraHeadTags');
+    next ASSET unless $headTags;
+    if ($headTags =~ m!$hardcodedExtras! ) {
+        push @hardcodedExtras, {
+            url        => $asset->getUrl,
+            id         => $asset->getId,
+            title      => $asset->getTitle,
+            type       => 'Asset',
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+$numTests = scalar @hardcodedExtras;
+
+plan tests => $numTests;
+
+foreach my $template ( @hardcodedExtras ) {
+	fail(
+        sprintf "%s with hardcoded extras url:  %s, id: %s, url: %s", @{ $template }{qw/type title id url/}
+    );
+}