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+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "mojo/application_manager/background_shell_application_loader.h"
+
+#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace mojo {
+
+namespace {
+
+class DummyLoader : public ApplicationLoader {
+ public:
+  DummyLoader() : simulate_app_quit_(true) {}
+  virtual ~DummyLoader() {}
+
+  // ApplicationLoader overrides:
+  virtual void Load(ApplicationManager* manager,
+                    const GURL& url,
+                    scoped_refptr<LoadCallbacks> callbacks) override {
+    if (simulate_app_quit_)
+      base::MessageLoop::current()->Quit();
+  }
+
+  virtual void OnApplicationError(ApplicationManager* manager,
+                                  const GURL& url) override {}
+
+  void DontSimulateAppQuit() { simulate_app_quit_ = false; }
+
+ private:
+  bool simulate_app_quit_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace
+
+// Tests that the loader can start and stop gracefully.
+TEST(BackgroundShellApplicationLoaderTest, StartStop) {
+  scoped_ptr<ApplicationLoader> real_loader(new DummyLoader());
+  BackgroundShellApplicationLoader loader(
+      real_loader.Pass(), "test", base::MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT);
+}
+
+// Tests that the loader can load a service that is well behaved (quits
+// itself).
+TEST(BackgroundShellApplicationLoaderTest, Load) {
+  scoped_ptr<ApplicationLoader> real_loader(new DummyLoader());
+  BackgroundShellApplicationLoader loader(
+      real_loader.Pass(), "test", base::MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT);
+  MessagePipe dummy;
+  scoped_refptr<ApplicationLoader::SimpleLoadCallbacks> callbacks(
+      new ApplicationLoader::SimpleLoadCallbacks(dummy.handle0.Pass()));
+  loader.Load(NULL, GURL(), callbacks);
+}
+
+}  // namespace mojo