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-// our package
-package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils;
-
-
-// the imports for unit testing.
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
-
-import java.util.*;
-
-/**
- * Basic unit test for RecalData
- */
-public class MergingIteratorTest extends BaseTest {
-    List<Integer> one_to_ten = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10);
-    List<Integer> evens = Arrays.asList(2, 4, 6, 8, 10);
-    List<Integer> three_four_five = Arrays.asList(3, 4, 5);
-    List<Integer> bigs = Arrays.asList(100, 200, 500);
-
-    MergingIterator<Integer> x = null;
-
-    @Before
-    public void before() {
-        x = null;
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testOneToOne() {
-        logger.warn("Executing testOneToOne");
-
-        x = new MergingIterator<Integer>(one_to_ten.iterator());
-
-        for ( int i = 1; i < 11; i++ ) {
-            int elt = x.next();
-            logger.warn(String.format("Testing %d == %d", i, elt));
-            Assert.assertEquals(elt, i);
-        }
-        Assert.assertFalse(x.hasNext());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testMerging10Evens() {
-        logger.warn("Executing testMerging10Evens");
-
-        x = new MergingIterator<Integer>(one_to_ten.iterator());
-        x.add(evens.iterator());
-        List<Integer> expected = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10);
-
-        testExpected( x, expected );
-        Assert.assertFalse(x.hasNext());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testMerging3() {
-        logger.warn("Executing testMerging3");
-
-        x = new MergingIterator<Integer>(Arrays.asList(bigs.iterator(), evens.iterator(), three_four_five.iterator()));
-        List<Integer> expected = Arrays.asList(2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 100, 200, 500);
-
-        testExpected( x, expected );
-        Assert.assertFalse(x.hasNext());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void testCollectLTE() {
-        logger.warn("Executing testCollectLTE");
-
-        x = new MergingIterator<Integer>(Arrays.asList(bigs.iterator(), evens.iterator(), three_four_five.iterator()));
-
-        //for ( int i : x ) {
-        //    System.out.printf("i=%d%n", i);
-        //}
-
-        logger.warn("Testing next element...");
-        Assert.assertEquals( 2, (int)x.next());
-        logger.warn("Testing allElementsLTE(2) = 2 ...");
-        assertListsEqual( x.allElementsLTE(2), Arrays.asList(2) );
-
-        logger.warn("Testing allElementsLTE(3) = 3 ...");
-        Assert.assertEquals(3, (int)x.next());
-        assertListsEqual( x.allElementsLTE(3), Arrays.asList(3) );
-
-        logger.warn("Testing allElementsLTE(4) = 4, 4 ...");
-        Assert.assertEquals(4, (int)x.next());
-        assertListsEqual( x.allElementsLTE(4), Arrays.asList(4, 4) );
-
-        logger.warn("Testing allElementsLTE(8) = 5, 6, 8 ...");
-        assertListsEqual( x.allElementsLTE(8, false), Arrays.asList(5, 6, 8) );
-
-        logger.warn("Testing remaining...");
-        testExpected( x, Arrays.asList(10, 100, 200, 500) );
-        Assert.assertFalse(x.hasNext());
-    }
-
-    private void testExpected( MergingIterator<Integer> mi, List<Integer> expected ) {
-        for ( int expect : expected ) {
-            int elt = mi.next();
-            logger.warn(String.format("Testing elt=%d == expected=%d", elt, expect));
-            Assert.assertEquals(expect, elt);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void assertListsEqual( Collection<Integer> l, List<Integer> expected ) {
-        logger.warn("Size is " + l.size());
-        Iterator<Integer> lit = l.iterator();
-
-        for ( int expect : expected ) {
-            Assert.assertTrue(lit.hasNext());
-            int elt = lit.next();
-            logger.warn(String.format("Testing elt=%d == expected=%d", elt, expect));
-            Assert.assertEquals(expect, elt);
-        }
-    }
-}
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