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+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2024.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.loaders;
+
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.BaseTest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.tables.QTableMetaData;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit test for MetaDataLoaderHelper 
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class MetaDataLoaderHelperTest extends BaseTest
+{
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void test() throws Exception
+   {
+      Path tempDirectory = Files.createTempDirectory(getClass().getSimpleName());
+
+      writeFile("myTable", ".yaml", tempDirectory, """
+         class: QTableMetaData
+         version:  1
+         name: myTable
+         label: This is My Table
+         primaryKeyField:  id
+         fields:
+         -  name: id
+            type: INTEGER
+         -  name: name
+            type: STRING
+         -  name: createDate
+            type: DATE_TIME
+         """);
+
+      writeFile("yourTable", ".yaml", tempDirectory, """
+         class: QTableMetaData
+         version:  1
+         name: yourTable
+         label: Someone else's table
+         primaryKeyField:  id
+         fields:
+         -  name: id
+            type: INTEGER
+         -  name: name
+            type: STRING
+         """);
+
+      QInstance qInstance = new QInstance();
+      MetaDataLoaderHelper.processAllMetaDataFilesInDirectory(qInstance, tempDirectory.toFile().getAbsolutePath());
+
+      assertEquals(2, qInstance.getTables().size());
+
+      QTableMetaData myTable = qInstance.getTable("myTable");
+      assertEquals("This is My Table", myTable.getLabel());
+      assertEquals(3, myTable.getFields().size());
+      assertEquals("id", myTable.getField("id").getName());
+      assertEquals(QFieldType.INTEGER, myTable.getField("id").getType());
+
+      QTableMetaData yourTable = qInstance.getTable("yourTable");
+      assertEquals("Someone else's table", yourTable.getLabel());
+      assertEquals(2, yourTable.getFields().size());
+   }
+
+
+
+   void writeFile(String prefix, String suffix, Path directory, String content) throws IOException
+   {
+      FileUtils.writeStringToFile(File.createTempFile(prefix, suffix, directory.toFile()), content, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+   }
+}
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