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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Christoph Böhme
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 the "License";
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+ package org.metafacture.flowcontrol;
+
+ import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+ import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+
+ import org.junit.Before;
+ import org.junit.Test;
+ import org.metafacture.framework.MetafactureException;
+ import org.metafacture.framework.ObjectReceiver;
+ import org.mockito.Mock;
+ import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+ import java.time.Duration;
+ import java.time.Instant;
+
+ /**
+  * Tests for class {@link ObjectSleeper}.
+  *
+  * @author Tobias Bülte
+  *
+  */
+ public final class ObjectExceptionSleeperTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    private ObjectReceiver<String> sleepTimer;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void cleanup() {
+        bulk.closeStream();
+    }
+
+
+     @Test
+     public void shouldTestIfClockedTimeExceedsDuration() {
+        long sleepTime = 10;
+
+        objectSleeper = new ObjectSleeper();
+        objectSleeper.setSleepTime(sleepTime);
+        Instant start = Instant.now();
+        sleepTimer.objectSleeper();
+        Instant end = Instant.now();
+
+        Duration timeElapsed = Duration.between(start, end);
+
+        if (timeElampse > sleepTime) {
+            exception.expect(MetafactureException.class);
+            exception.expectMessage("Process did not sleep enough.");
+        }
+
+     }
+
+
+ }