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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2006 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 lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+
+##The goal of this test is to check the creation and purging of
+##versions.
+
+use WebGUI::Test;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+use WebGUI::Utility;
+use WebGUI::Asset;
+use WebGUI::VersionTag;
+
+use Test::More; # increment this value for each test you create
+plan tests => 5;
+
+my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
+$session->user({userId => 3});
+my $root = WebGUI::Asset->getRoot($session);
+my $versionTag = WebGUI::VersionTag->getWorking($session);
+$versionTag->set({name=>"Asset Clipboard test"});
+
+my $snippet = $root->addChild({
+    url => 'testSnippet',
+    title => 'snippet',
+    menuTitle => 'snippetMenuTitle',
+    className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Snippet',
+    snippet   => 'A snippet of text',
+});
+
+my $snippetAssetId = $snippet->getId;
+
+$versionTag->commit;
+
+my $duplicatedSnippet = $snippet->duplicate;
+
+is($duplicatedSnippet->get('title'), 'snippet',        'duplicated snippet has correct title');
+is($duplicatedSnippet->getId,        $snippetAssetId,  'duplicated snippet has correct id');
+is($snippet->getId,                  $snippetAssetId,  'original snippet has correct id');
+
+is($snippet->getParent->getId,           $root->getId, 'original snippet is a child of root');
+is($duplicatedSnippet->getParent->getId, $root->getId, 'duplicated snippet is also a child of root');
+
+my $newVersionTag = WebGUI::VersionTag->getWorking($session);
+$newVersionTag->commit;
+
+END {
+    foreach my $tag($versionTag, $newVersionTag) {
+        if (defined $tag and ref $tag eq 'WebGUI::VersionTag') {
+            $tag->rollback;
+        }
+    }
+}