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+import scala.testing.UnitTest._ ;
+
+object Test with Application {
+
+  /*                                                                    */
+  /*                                             === tags, elements === */
+  /*                                                                    */
+
+  val x = <hello></hello>.toXML; /* see neg(1) */
+
+  /* whitespace (ws) handling */
+
+  val x2 = <hello  >  </hello>.toXML;       /* ws in tags allowed */
+
+  assertEquals( x, x2 );
+
+  val x3 = <hello>
+             <world> </world>
+             <test/>
+             <mars></mars></hello>.toXML;   /* ws in element content */
+
+  /* Scala comments are not allowed in XML literals. see neg(2) */
+
+  assertEquals( x3, 'hello('world,'test,'mars).toXML );
+
+  /*                                                                   */
+  /*                                                === attributes === */
+  /*                                                                   */
+
+  val z = <html>
+            <body background="#FFFFFF">
+              <h1>Hello World</h1>
+              <p>Check the <a href="scala.epfl.ch">scala</a> page!</p>
+            </body>
+          </html>.toXML;
+
+  assertEquals( z, 'html(
+                      'body(
+                          'h1("Hello World"),
+                          'p("Check the ",
+                             'a("scala") % ('href <= "scala.epfl.ch" ),
+                             "page!")) %('background <= "#FFFFFF")).toXML);
+
+  /*  todo: better way to deal with whitespace in content              */
+  /*      (Canonical XML or even more aggressive normlization)         */
+
+  /*                                                                   */
+  /*                                    === embedded Scala blocks  === */
+  /*                                                                   */
+
+  def computeDate() = {
+    'date("now!")
+  }
+
+
+  /* embedding Scala strings as text and elements  */
+  val sc = <hello> { "World" }{ 7*6 }{ computeDate() }</hello>;
+
+  assertEquals( sc.children.toList, List(Text("World"),Text("42"), 'date("now!")) );
+  assertEquals( sc.toXML, 'hello("World42",'date("now!")).toXML );
+
+  /* examples that MUST fail
+
+  neg(1)
+  val y = <hello></hallo>.toXML; // error: closing tag of hello
+
+  neg(2)
+  val z = <hello> // my hello comment      <--- this will be parsed as text !!
+          </hello>
+
+  */
+
+
+}
+