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+/**
+ * Copyright JS Foundation and other contributors, http://js.foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+var net = require("net");
+var should = require("should");
+var helper = require("../../helper.js");
+var tcpinNode = require("../../../../nodes/core/io/31-tcpin.js");
+
+
+describe('TCP Request Node', function() {
+    var server = undefined;
+    var port = 9000;
+
+    function startServer(done) {
+        port += 1;
+        server = net.createServer(function(c) {
+	    c.on('data', function(data) {
+		var rdata = "ACK:"+data.toString();
+		c.write(rdata);
+	    });
+            c.on('error', function(err) {
+		startServer(done);
+            });
+        }).listen(port, "127.0.0.1", function(err) {
+            done();
+        });
+    }
+
+    before(function(done) {
+        startServer(done);
+    });
+
+    after(function() {
+        server.close();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+        helper.unload();
+    });
+
+    function testTCP(flow, val0, val1, done) {
+        helper.load(tcpinNode, flow, function() {
+            var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+            var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+            n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                try {
+                    msg.should.have.property('payload', Buffer(val1));
+                    done();
+                } catch(err) {
+                    done(err);
+                }
+            });
+	    if((typeof val0) === 'object') {
+		n1.receive(val0);
+	    } else {
+		n1.receive({payload:val0});
+	    }
+        });
+    }
+    
+    it('should send & recv data', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{id:"n1", type:"tcp request", server:"localhost", port:port, out:"time", splitc: "0", wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+	testTCP(flow, "foo", "ACK:foo", done)
+    });
+
+    it('should send & recv data when specified character received', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{id:"n1", type:"tcp request", server:"localhost", port:port, out:"char", splitc: "0", wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+	testTCP(flow, "foo0bar0", "ACK:foo0", done);
+    });
+
+    it('should send & recv data after fixed number of chars received', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{id:"n1", type:"tcp request", server:"localhost", port:port, out:"count", splitc: "7", wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+	testTCP(flow, "foo bar", "ACK:foo", done);
+    });
+
+    it('should send & receive, then keep connection', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{id:"n1", type:"tcp request", server:"localhost", port:port, out:"sit", splitc: "5", wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+	testTCP(flow, "foo", "ACK:foo", done);
+    });
+
+    it('should send & close', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{id:"n1", type:"tcp request", server:"localhost", port:port, out:"sit", splitc: "5", wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+	testTCP(flow, "foo", "ACK:foo", done);
+    });
+
+    it('should send & recv data to/from server:port from msg', function(done) {
+        var flow = [{id:"n1", type:"tcp request", server:"", port:"", out:"time", splitc: "0", wires:[["n2"]] },
+                    {id:"n2", type:"helper"}];
+	testTCP(flow, {payload:"foo", host:"localhost", port:port}, "ACK:foo", done)
+    });
+
+});