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+// Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// 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.
+
+package com.google.gerrit.acceptance.rest.group;
+
+import static com.google.gerrit.acceptance.rest.group.GroupAssert.assertGroupInfo;
+
+import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AbstractDaemonTest;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AccountCreator;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.RestResponse;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.RestSession;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.TestAccount;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.AccountGroup;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.account.GroupCache;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class GetGroupIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
+
+  @Inject
+  private AccountCreator accounts;
+
+  @Inject
+  private GroupCache groupCache;
+
+  private TestAccount admin;
+  private RestSession session;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    admin = accounts.create("admin", "admin@example.com", "Administrator",
+            "Administrators");
+    session = new RestSession(admin);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetGroup() throws IOException {
+    AccountGroup adminGroup = groupCache.get(new AccountGroup.NameKey("Administrators"));
+
+    // by UUID
+    testGetGroup("/groups/" + adminGroup.getGroupUUID().get(), adminGroup);
+
+    // by name
+    testGetGroup("/groups/" + adminGroup.getName(), adminGroup);
+
+    // by legacy numeric ID
+    testGetGroup("/groups/" + adminGroup.getId().get(), adminGroup);
+  }
+
+  private void testGetGroup(String url, AccountGroup expectedGroup) throws IOException {
+    RestResponse r = session.get(url);
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    GroupInfo group = (new Gson()).fromJson(r.getReader(), new TypeToken<GroupInfo>() {}.getType());
+    assertGroupInfo(expectedGroup, group);
+  }
+}