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+use utf8;
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Test::More;
+use Encode 2.21 'decode_utf8', 'encode_utf8';
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+use File::Spec;
+
+{
+ package MyApp::Controller::Root;
+ $INC{'MyApp/Controller/Root.pm'} = __FILE__;
+
+ use base 'Catalyst::Controller';
+
+ sub heart :Path('♥') {
+ my ($self, $c) = @_;
+ $c->stash(hearts=>'♥♥♥');
+ $c->detach('View::HTML');
+ }
+ package MyApp::View::HTML;
+ $INC{'MyApp/View/HTML.pm'} = __FILE__;
+
+ use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
+
+ MyApp::View::HTML->config(
+ ENCODING => 'UTF-8',
+ INCLUDE_PATH=> File::Spec->catfile('t'));
+
+ package MyApp;
+ use Catalyst;
+
+ MyApp->setup;
+}
+
+use Catalyst::Test 'MyApp';
+
+if(MyApp->can('encoding') and MyApp->can('clear_encoding') ) {
+ ok my $res = request GET '/root/♥', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip';
+
+ is $res->code, 200, 'OK';
+
+ is decode_utf8($res->content), "<p>This heart literal ♥</p><p>This is heart var ♥♥♥</p>\n", 'correct body';
+ is $res->content_charset, 'UTF-8';
+} else {
+ ok 1, 'Skipping the UTF8 Tests for older installed catalyst';
+}
+
+done_testing;
+