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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package jaxp.library;
+
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
+
+/**
+ * This is an interface provide basic support for JAXP functional test.
+ */
+public class JAXPTestUtilities {
+    /**
+     * Prefix for error message.
+     */
+    public static final String ERROR_MSG_HEADER = "Unexcepted exception thrown:";
+
+    /**
+     * Prefix for error message on clean up block.
+     */
+    public static final String ERROR_MSG_CLEANUP = "Clean up failed on %s";
+
+    /**
+     * Force using slash as File separator as we always use cygwin to test in
+     * Windows platform.
+     */
+    public static final String FILE_SEP = "/";
+
+    /**
+     * User home.
+     */
+    public static final String USER_DIR = System.getProperty("user.dir", ".");
+
+    /**
+     * TEMP file directory.
+     */
+    public static final String TEMP_DIR = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir", ".");
+
+    /**
+     * Compare contents of golden file with test output file line by line.
+     * return true if they're identical.
+     * @param goldfile Golden output file name
+     * @param outputfile Test output file name
+     * @return true if two files are identical.
+     *         false if two files are not identical.
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs reading from the file or a
+     *         malformed or unmappable byte sequence is read
+     */
+    public static boolean compareWithGold(String goldfile, String outputfile)
+            throws IOException {
+        return Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(goldfile)).
+                equals(Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(outputfile)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints error message if an exception is thrown
+     * @param ex The exception is thrown by test.
+     */
+    public static void failUnexpected(Throwable ex) {
+        fail(ERROR_MSG_HEADER, ex);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prints error message if an exception is thrown when clean up a file.
+     * @param ex The exception is thrown in cleaning up a file.
+     * @param name Cleaning up file name.
+     */
+    public static void failCleanup(IOException ex, String name) {
+        fail(String.format(ERROR_MSG_CLEANUP, name), ex);
+    }
+}