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+<?php
+/**
+ * (c) Kitodo. Key to digital objects e.V. <contact@kitodo.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Kitodo and TYPO3 projects.
+ *
+ * @license GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Kitodo\Dlf\Tests\Unit\Common;
+
+use Kitodo\Dlf\Validation\DocumentValidator;
+use SimpleXMLElement;
+use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Unit\UnitTestCase;
+
+class DocumentValidatorTest extends UnitTestCase
+{
+    public function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->resetSingletonInstances = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function passesHasAllMandatoryMetadataFields()
+    {
+        $metadata = [
+            'record_id' => [
+                'xyz'
+            ]
+        ];
+        $documentValidator = new DocumentValidator($metadata, $this->getRequiredMetadataFields());
+        self::assertTrue($documentValidator->hasAllMandatoryMetadataFields());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function notPassesHasAllMandatoryMetadataFields()
+    {
+        $metadata = [
+            'document_format' => [
+                'METS'
+            ]
+        ];
+        $documentValidator = new DocumentValidator($metadata, $this->getRequiredMetadataFields());
+        self::assertFalse($documentValidator->hasAllMandatoryMetadataFields());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function passesHasCorrectLogicalStructure()
+    {
+        $xml = $this->getXml('av_beispiel.xml');
+
+        $documentValidator = new DocumentValidator([], [], $xml);
+        self::assertTrue($documentValidator->hasCorrectLogicalStructure('advertisement'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function notPassesHasCorrectLogicalStructure()
+    {
+        $xml = $this->getXml('av_beispiel.xml');
+
+        $documentValidator = new DocumentValidator([], [], $xml);
+        self::assertFalse($documentValidator->hasCorrectLogicalStructure('newspaper'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function passesHasCorrectPhysicalStructure()
+    {
+        $xml = $this->getXml('av_beispiel.xml');
+
+        $documentValidator = new DocumentValidator([], [], $xml);
+        self::assertTrue($documentValidator->hasCorrectPhysicalStructure());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function notPassesHasCorrectPhysicalStructure()
+    {
+        $xml = $this->getXml('two_dmdsec.xml');
+
+        $documentValidator = new DocumentValidator([], [], $xml);
+        self::assertFalse($documentValidator->hasCorrectPhysicalStructure());
+    }
+
+    private function getRequiredMetadataFields(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'record_id'
+        ];
+    }
+
+    private function getXml(string $file): SimpleXMLElement
+    {
+        $xml = simplexml_load_file(__DIR__ . '/../../Fixtures/MetsDocument/' . $file);
+        self::assertNotFalse($xml);
+        return $xml;
+    }
+}