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+# Copyright 2013 OpenStack Foundation
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Yahoo! Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+import testtools
+
+from glanceclient.common import base
+
+
+class TestBase(testtools.TestCase):
+
+    def test_resource_repr(self):
+        r = base.Resource(None, dict(foo="bar", baz="spam"))
+        self.assertEqual(repr(r), "<Resource baz=spam, foo=bar>")
+
+    def test_getid(self):
+        self.assertEqual(base.getid(4), 4)
+
+        class TmpObject(object):
+            id = 4
+        self.assertEqual(base.getid(TmpObject), 4)
+
+    def test_two_resources_with_same_id_are_equal(self):
+        # Two resources of the same type with the same id: equal
+        r1 = base.Resource(None, {'id': 1, 'name': 'hi'})
+        r2 = base.Resource(None, {'id': 1, 'name': 'hello'})
+        self.assertEqual(r1, r2)
+
+    def test_two_resources_with_eq_info_are_equal(self):
+        # Two resources with no ID: equal if their info is equal
+        r1 = base.Resource(None, {'name': 'joe', 'age': 12})
+        r2 = base.Resource(None, {'name': 'joe', 'age': 12})
+        self.assertEqual(r1, r2)
+
+    def test_two_resources_with_diff_id_are_not_equal(self):
+        # Two resources with diff ID: not equal
+        r1 = base.Resource(None, {'id': 1, 'name': 'hi'})
+        r2 = base.Resource(None, {'id': 2, 'name': 'hello'})
+        self.assertNotEqual(r1, r2)
+
+    def test_two_resources_with_not_eq_info_are_not_equal(self):
+        # Two resources with no ID: not equal if their info is not equal
+        r1 = base.Resource(None, {'name': 'bill', 'age': 21})
+        r2 = base.Resource(None, {'name': 'joe', 'age': 12})
+        self.assertNotEqual(r1, r2)