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+ */
+
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Composite;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ExtensibleStAXArtifactProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ProcessorContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.StAXArtifactProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.StAXArtifactProcessorExtensionPoint;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.DefaultExtensionPointRegistry;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.ExtensionPointRegistry;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.monitor.Monitor;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CompositeProcessorTestCase {
+    private static final String SCA11_NS = "http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912";
+    
+    private static final String OASIS_COMPOSITE =
+             "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> " 
+           + "<composite xmlns=\"http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912\" "
+           + "xmlns:tuscany=\"http://tuscany.apache.org/xmlns/sca/1.1\" "
+           + "targetNamespace=\"http://store\" "
+           + "name=\"store\">"
+           + "<component name=\"Catalog\">"
+           + "  <implementation.java class=\"services.FruitsCatalogImpl\"/>"
+           + "</component>"
+           + "</composite>";
+
+    private static final String OSOA_COMPOSITE =
+        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>" 
+      + "<composite xmlns=\"http://www.osoa.org/xmlns/sca/1.0\" "
+      + "xmlns:tuscany=\"http://tuscany.apache.org/xmlns/sca/1.0\" "
+      + "targetNamespace=\"http://store\" "
+      + "name=\"store\">"
+      + "<component name=\"Catalog\">"
+      + "  <implementation.java class=\"services.FruitsCatalogImpl\"/>"
+      + "</component>"
+      + "</composite>";
+    
+    private static XMLInputFactory inputFactory;
+    private static XMLOutputFactory outputFactory;
+    private static StAXArtifactProcessor<Object> staxProcessor;
+    private static Monitor monitor;
+    private static ProcessorContext context;
+    
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+        ExtensionPointRegistry extensionPoints = new DefaultExtensionPointRegistry();
+        context = new ProcessorContext(extensionPoints);
+        monitor = context.getMonitor();        
+        inputFactory = XMLInputFactory.newInstance();
+        outputFactory = XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
+        outputFactory.setProperty(XMLOutputFactory.IS_REPAIRING_NAMESPACES, Boolean.TRUE);
+        StAXArtifactProcessorExtensionPoint staxProcessors =
+            extensionPoints.getExtensionPoint(StAXArtifactProcessorExtensionPoint.class);
+        staxProcessor = new ExtensibleStAXArtifactProcessor(staxProcessors, inputFactory, outputFactory);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testReadOASISSpecVersion() throws Exception {
+        XMLStreamReader reader = inputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(new StringReader(OASIS_COMPOSITE));
+        Object result = staxProcessor.read(reader, context);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        if( result instanceof Composite) {
+            Composite composite = (Composite) result;
+            assertEquals(SCA11_NS, composite.getSpecVersion());
+        }
+        reader.close();
+    } 
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReadOSOASpecVersion() throws Exception {
+        XMLStreamReader reader = inputFactory.createXMLStreamReader(new StringReader(OSOA_COMPOSITE));
+        Object result = staxProcessor.read(reader, context);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        if( result instanceof Composite) {
+            throw new Exception("Error, unsupported OSOA namespace being parsed as valid !");
+        }
+        reader.close();
+    } 
+}