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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 OWASP.
+ *
+ * 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 org.owasp.dependencycheck;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy Long <jeremy.long@owasp.org>
+ */
+public class BaseTest {
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
+        Settings.initialize();
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDownClass() throws Exception {
+        Settings.cleanup();
+    }
+}