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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More tests => 20;
+
+use Catalyst::Log;
+
+local *Catalyst::Log::_send_to_log;
+local our @MESSAGES;
+{
+ no warnings 'redefine';
+ *Catalyst::Log::_send_to_log = sub {
+ my $self = shift;
+ push @MESSAGES, @_;
+ };
+}
+
+my $LOG = 'Catalyst::Log';
+
+can_ok $LOG, 'new';
+ok my $log = $LOG->new, '... and creating a new log object should succeed';
+isa_ok $log, $LOG, '... and the object it returns';
+
+can_ok $log, 'is_info';
+ok $log->is_info, '... and the default behavior is to allow info messages';
+
+can_ok $log, 'info';
+ok $log->info('hello there!'),
+ '... passing it an info message should succeed';
+
+ok @MESSAGES, '... and immediately flush the log';
+is scalar @MESSAGES, 1, '... with one log message';
+like $MESSAGES[0], qr/^\[info\] hello there!$/,
+ '... which should match the format we expect';
+
+{
+
+ package Catalyst::Log::Subclass;
+ use base qw/Catalyst::Log/;
+
+ sub _send_to_log {
+ my $self = shift;
+ push @MESSAGES, '---';
+ push @MESSAGES, @_;
+ }
+}
+
+@MESSAGES = (); # clear the message log
+
+my $SUBCLASS = 'Catalyst::Log::Subclass';
+can_ok $SUBCLASS, 'new';
+ok $log = Catalyst::Log::Subclass->new,
+ '... and the log subclass constructor should return a new object';
+isa_ok $log, $SUBCLASS, '... and the object it returns';
+isa_ok $log, $LOG, '... and it also';
+
+can_ok $log, 'info';
+ok $log->info('hi there!'),
+ '... passing it an info message should succeed';
+
+ok @MESSAGES, '... and immediately flush the log';
+is scalar @MESSAGES, 2, '... with two log messages';
+is $MESSAGES[0], '---', '... with the first one being our new data';
+like $MESSAGES[1], qr/^\[info\] hi there!$/,
+ '... which should match the format we expect';
+