diff --git a/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/lifecycle/SolrCoreLoadRegistrationTest.java b/search-services/alfresco-search/src/test/java/org/alfresco/solr/lifecycle/SolrCoreLoadRegistrationTest.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
- *
- * This file is part of Alfresco
- *
- * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * Alfresco 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-package org.alfresco.solr.lifecycle;
-
-import org.apache.solr.core.SolrConfig;
-import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
-
-import static org.alfresco.solr.lifecycle.SolrCoreLoadRegistration.isContentStoreInReadOnlyModeFor;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-/**
- * {@link SolrCoreLoadRegistration} test case.
- *
- * @author Andrea Gazzarini
- * @since 1.5
- */
-public class SolrCoreLoadRegistrationTest
-{
-    private SolrCore core;
-
-    @Test
-    public void noReplicationHandlerDefined_thenContentStoreIsInReadWriteMode() throws Exception
-    {
-        prepare("solrconfig_no_replication_handler_defined.xml");
-        assertFalse("If no replication handler is defined, then we expect to run a RW content store.", isContentStoreInReadOnlyModeFor(core));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void emptyReplicationHandlerDefined_thenContentStoreIsInReadWriteMode() throws Exception
-    {
-        prepare("solrconfig_empty_replication_handler.xml");
-        assertFalse("If an empty replication handler is defined, then we expect to run a RW content store.", isContentStoreInReadOnlyModeFor(core));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void slaveReplicationHandlerDefinedButDisabled_thenContentStoreIsInReadWriteMode() throws Exception
-    {
-        prepare("solrconfig_slave_disabled_replication_handler.xml");
-        assertFalse("If a slave replication handler is defined but disabled, then we expect to run a RW content store.", isContentStoreInReadOnlyModeFor(core));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void masterReplicationHandlerDefined_thenContentStoreIsInReadWriteMode() throws Exception
-    {
-        prepare("solrconfig_master_replication_handler.xml");
-        assertFalse("If a master replication handler is defined but disabled, then we expect to run a RW content store.", isContentStoreInReadOnlyModeFor(core));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void masterReplicationHandlerDefinedButDisabled_thenContentStoreIsInReadWriteMode() throws Exception
-    {
-        prepare("solrconfig_master_disabled_replication_handler.xml");
-        assertFalse("If a master replication handler is defined but disabled, then we expect to run a RW content store.", isContentStoreInReadOnlyModeFor(core));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void slaveReplicationHandlerDefined_thenContentStoreIsInReadOnlyMode() throws Exception
-    {
-        prepare("solrconfig_slave_replication_handler.xml");
-        assertTrue("If a slave replication handler is defined, then we expect to run a RO content store.", isContentStoreInReadOnlyModeFor(core));
-    }
-
-    private void prepare(String configName) throws Exception
-    {
-        core = mock(SolrCore.class);
-        SolrConfig solrConfig = new SolrConfig(configName, new InputSource(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/test-files/" + configName)));
-        when(core.getSolrConfig()).thenReturn(solrConfig);
-    }
-}