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+/*
+ * This file is part of dependency-check-core.
+ *
+ * Dependency-check-core is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * Dependency-check-core 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 General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * dependency-check-core. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Downloader;
+import java.net.URL;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy Long (jeremy.long@owasp.org)
+ */
+public class DownloaderTest {
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDownClass() throws Exception {
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetLastModified_file() throws Exception {
+        File f = new File("target/test-classes/nvdcve-2.0-2012.xml");
+        URL url = new URL("file:///" + f.getCanonicalPath());
+        long timestamp = Downloader.getLastModified(url);
+        assertTrue("timestamp equal to zero?", timestamp > 0);
+    }
+}