diff --git a/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/visitors/RemoveRef2VisitorTest.cpp b/hoot-core-test/src/test/cpp/hoot/core/visitors/RemoveRef2VisitorTest.cpp
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+/*
+ * This file is part of Hootenanny.
+ *
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+ */
+
+// hoot
+#include <hoot/core/elements/OsmMap.h>
+#include <hoot/core/TestUtils.h>
+#include <hoot/core/criterion/PoiCriterion.h>
+#include <hoot/core/io/OsmMapReaderFactory.h>
+#include <hoot/core/io/OsmJsonWriter.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/Log.h>
+#include <hoot/core/schema/MetadataTags.h>
+#include <hoot/core/visitors/RemoveRef2Visitor.h>
+#include <hoot/core/io/OsmJsonReader.h>
+#include <hoot/core/util/MapProjector.h>
+
+// TGS
+#include <tgs/Statistics/Random.h>
+using namespace Tgs;
+
+namespace hoot
+{
+
+class RemoveRef2VisitorTest : public HootTestFixture
+{
+ CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(RemoveRef2VisitorTest);
+ CPPUNIT_TEST(runToyTest);
+ CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+public:
+
+ RemoveRef2VisitorTest()
+ : HootTestFixture("test-files/visitors/RemoveRef2VisitorTest/",
+ "test-output/visitors/RemoveRef2VisitorTest/")
+ {
+ setResetType(ResetAll);
+ }
+
+ void runToyTest()
+ {
+ OsmMapPtr map(new OsmMap());
+ OsmMapReaderFactory::read(map, _inputPath + "RemoveRef2VisitorInput.osm");
+
+ ElementCriterionPtr c(new PoiCriterion);
+ RemoveRef2Visitor v;
+ v.addCriterion(c);
+ map->visitRw(v);
+
+ const QString testFileName = "runToyTest.json";
+ OsmJsonWriter writer(8);
+ writer.setIncludeCompatibilityTags(false);
+ writer.open(_outputPath + testFileName);
+ MapProjector::projectToWgs84(map);
+ writer.write(map);
+ writer.close();
+ HOOT_FILE_EQUALS(_inputPath + testFileName, _outputPath + testFileName);
+ }
+};
+
+CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_NAMED_REGISTRATION(RemoveRef2VisitorTest, "quick");
+
+}
+
+