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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 The Broad Institute
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+ * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+ * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+ * conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
+ * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.progressmeter;
+
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.BaseTest;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.AutoFormattingTime;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * UnitTests for the ProgressMeterData
+ *
+ * User: depristo
+ * Date: 8/24/12
+ * Time: 11:25 AM
+ * To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
+ */
+public class ProgressMeterDataUnitTest extends BaseTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testBasic() {
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 2, 3).getElapsedSeconds(), 1.0);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 2, 3).getUnitsProcessed(), 2);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 2, 3).getBpProcessed(), 3);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFraction() {
+        final double TOL = 1e-3;
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, 1).calculateFractionGenomeTargetCompleted(10), 0.1, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, 2).calculateFractionGenomeTargetCompleted(10), 0.2, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, 1).calculateFractionGenomeTargetCompleted(100), 0.01, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, 2).calculateFractionGenomeTargetCompleted(100), 0.02, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, 1).calculateFractionGenomeTargetCompleted(0), 1.0, TOL);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSecondsPerBP() {
+        final double TOL = 1e-3;
+        final long M = 1000000;
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, M).secondsPerMillionBP(), 1.0, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, M/10).secondsPerMillionBP(), 10.0, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(2.0, 1, M).secondsPerMillionBP(), 2.0, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 1, 0).secondsPerMillionBP(), 1e6, TOL);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSecondsPerElement() {
+        final double TOL = 1e-3;
+        final long M = 1000000;
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, M, 1).secondsPerMillionElements(), 1.0, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, M/10, 1).secondsPerMillionElements(), 10.0, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(2.00, M, 1).secondsPerMillionElements(), 2.0, TOL);
+        Assert.assertEquals(new ProgressMeterData(1.0, 0, 1).secondsPerMillionElements(), 1e6, TOL);
+    }
+}