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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Author: Dries Verachtert <dries.verachtert@dries.eu>
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - test XmlTextReader of libxml2-python"
+
+cat << 'EOF' | python - | grep -q 'test succeeded'
+import libxml2
+import sys
+import StringIO
+
+# Load a small xml structure
+xmlStr = StringIO.StringIO("""<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<tests><test name="XmlTextReader"><key1>val1</key1><key2>val2</key2><key3 /></test></tests>""")
+xmlBuf = libxml2.inputBuffer(xmlStr)
+xmlReader = xmlBuf.newTextReader("reader")
+
+def checkRead(reader, name, isEmptyElementVal, nodeTypeVal, hasAttributesVal):
+	retval = reader.Read()
+	if retval != 1:
+		print("Error: bad retval when reading " + name)
+		sys.exit(1)
+	if reader.Name() != name:
+		print("Error: expected=" + name + ", actual=" + reader.Name())
+		sys.exit(1)
+	if reader.NodeType() != nodeTypeVal:
+		print("Error: node " + name + " has wrong nodetype: " + str(reader.NodeType()))
+		sys.exit(1)
+	if reader.IsEmptyElement() != isEmptyElementVal:
+		print("Error: node " + name + " has wrong isEmptyElement: " + str(reader.IsEmptyElement()))
+		sys.exit(1)
+	if reader.HasAttributes() != hasAttributesVal:
+		print("Error: node " + name + " has wrong hasAttributes: " + str(reader.HasAttributes()))
+		sys.exit(1)
+
+# Test one by one each part of the loaded xml structure
+checkRead(xmlReader, "tests", 0, 1, 0) # 1 = start of element
+checkRead(xmlReader, "test", 0, 1, 1)  
+checkRead(xmlReader, "key1", 0, 1, 0)
+checkRead(xmlReader, "#text", 0, 3, 0) # 3 = text node
+checkRead(xmlReader, "key1", 0, 15, 0) # 15 = close tag
+checkRead(xmlReader, "key2", 0, 1, 0)
+checkRead(xmlReader, "#text", 0, 3, 0)
+checkRead(xmlReader, "key2", 0, 15, 0)
+checkRead(xmlReader, "key3", 1, 1, 0)
+checkRead(xmlReader, "test", 0, 15, 1)
+checkRead(xmlReader, "tests", 0, 15, 0)
+print "test succeeded"
+EOF