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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Tests\Core\Entity\EntityAccessCheckTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Entity;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityAccessCheck;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the entity access controller.
+ *
+ * @group Entity
+ */
+class EntityAccessCheckTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Entity access check test',
+      'description' => 'Unit test of entity access checking system.',
+      'group' => 'Entity'
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test the method for determining if the access check applies to a specific
+   * route or not
+   */
+  public function testApplies() {
+    $applies_check = new EntityAccessCheck();
+
+    $route = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Routing\Route')
+                  ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+                  ->getMock();
+    $route->expects($this->any())
+          ->method('getRequirements')
+          ->will($this->returnValue(array('_access_entity' => '')));
+    $res = $applies_check->applies($route);
+    $this->assertEquals(TRUE, $res);
+
+    $route = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Routing\Route')
+                  ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+                  ->getMock();
+    $route->expects($this->any())
+          ->method('getRequirements')
+          ->will($this->returnValue(array()));
+    $res = $applies_check->applies($route);
+    $this->assertEquals(FALSE, $res);
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Test the method for checking access to routes.
+   */
+  public function testAccess() {
+    $args = array('/foo', array(), array("_access_entity: 'node.update'"));
+    $route = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\Routing\Route')
+                  ->setConstructorArgs($args)
+                  ->getMock();
+    $request = $this->getMockBuilder('Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request')
+                    ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+                    ->getMock();
+    $access_check = new EntityAccessCheck();
+    $operation = $access_check->access($route, $request);
+    $this->assertEquals('node.update', $operation);
+  }
+}
+