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+'use strict';
+
+var assert = require('assert');
+var ttypes = require('./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest_types');
+
+//all Languages in UTF-8
+/*jshint -W100 */
+var stringTest = module.exports.stringTest = "Afrikaans, Alemannisch, Aragonés, العربية, مصرى, " +
+    "Asturianu, Aymar aru, Azərbaycan, Башҡорт, Boarisch, Žemaitėška, " +
+    "Беларуская, Беларуская (тарашкевіца), Български, Bamanankan, " +
+    "বাংলা, Brezhoneg, Bosanski, Català, Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄, Нохчийн, " +
+    "Cebuano, ᏣᎳᎩ, Česky, Словѣ́ньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ, Чӑвашла, Cymraeg, " +
+    "Dansk, Zazaki, ދިވެހިބަސް, Ελληνικά, Emiliàn e rumagnòl, English, " +
+    "Esperanto, Español, Eesti, Euskara, فارسی, Suomi, Võro, Føroyskt, " +
+    "Français, Arpetan, Furlan, Frysk, Gaeilge, 贛語, Gàidhlig, Galego, " +
+    "Avañe'ẽ, ગુજરાતી, Gaelg, עברית, हिन्दी, Fiji Hindi, Hrvatski, " +
+    "Kreyòl ayisyen, Magyar, Հայերեն, Interlingua, Bahasa Indonesia, " +
+    "Ilokano, Ido, Íslenska, Italiano, 日本語, Lojban, Basa Jawa, " +
+    "ქართული, Kongo, Kalaallisut, ಕನ್ನಡ, 한국어, Къарачай-Малкъар, " +
+    "Ripoarisch, Kurdî, Коми, Kernewek, Кыргызча, Latina, Ladino, " +
+    "Lëtzebuergesch, Limburgs, Lingála, ລາວ, Lietuvių, Latviešu, Basa " +
+    "Banyumasan, Malagasy, Македонски, മലയാളം, मराठी, مازِرونی, Bahasa " +
+    "Melayu, Nnapulitano, Nedersaksisch, नेपाल भाषा, Nederlands, ‪" +
+    "Norsk (nynorsk)‬, ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬, Nouormand, Diné bizaad, " +
+    "Occitan, Иронау, Papiamentu, Deitsch, Polski, پنجابی, پښتو, " +
+    "Norfuk / Pitkern, Português, Runa Simi, Rumantsch, Romani, Română, " +
+    "Русский, Саха тыла, Sardu, Sicilianu, Scots, Sámegiella, Simple " +
+    "English, Slovenčina, Slovenščina, Српски / Srpski, Seeltersk, " +
+    "Svenska, Kiswahili, தமிழ், తెలుగు, Тоҷикӣ, ไทย, Türkmençe, Tagalog, " +
+    "Türkçe, Татарча/Tatarça, Українська, اردو, Tiếng Việt, Volapük, " +
+    "Walon, Winaray, 吴语, isiXhosa, ייִדיש, Yorùbá, Zeêuws, 中文, " +
+    "Bân-lâm-gú, 粵語";
+/*jshint +W100 */
+
+var specialCharacters = module.exports.specialCharacters = 'quote: \" backslash:' +
+    ' forwardslash-escaped: \/ ' +
+    ' backspace: \b formfeed: \f newline: \n return: \r tab: ' +
+    ' now-all-of-them-together: "\\\/\b\n\r\t' +
+    ' now-a-bunch-of-junk: !@#$%&()(&%$#{}{}<><><' +
+    ' char-to-test-json-parsing: ]] \"]] \\" }}}{ [[[ ';
+
+var mapTestInput = module.exports.mapTestInput = {
+  "a":"123", "a b":"with spaces ", "same":"same", "0":"numeric key",
+  "longValue":stringTest, stringTest:"long key"
+};
+
+var simple = [
+  ['testVoid', undefined],
+  ['testString', 'Test'],
+  ['testString', ''],
+  ['testString', stringTest],
+  ['testString', specialCharacters],
+  ['testByte', 1],
+  ['testByte', 0],
+  ['testByte', -1],
+  ['testByte', -127],
+  ['testI32', -1],
+  ['testI64', 5],
+  ['testI64', -5],
+  ['testI64', 734359738368],
+  ['testI64', -34359738368],
+  ['testI64', -734359738368],
+  ['testDouble', -5.2098523],
+  ['testDouble', 7.012052175215044],
+  ['testEnum', ttypes.Numberz.ONE],
+  ['testTypedef', 69]
+];
+
+
+var mapout = {};
+for (var i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+  mapout[i] = i-10;
+}
+
+var mapMapTest = {
+  "4": {"1":1, "2":2, "3":3, "4":4},
+  "-4": {"-4":-4, "-3":-3, "-2":-2, "-1":-1}
+};
+
+var deep = [
+  ['testMap', mapout],
+  ['testSet', [1,2,3]],
+  ['testList', [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]],
+  ['testMapMap', mapMapTest],
+  ['testStringMap', mapTestInput]
+];
+
+var out = new ttypes.Xtruct({
+  string_thing: 'Zero',
+  byte_thing: 1,
+  i32_thing: -3,
+  i64_thing: 1000000
+});
+
+var out2 = new ttypes.Xtruct2();
+out2.byte_thing = 1;
+out2.struct_thing = out;
+out2.i32_thing = 5;
+
+var crazy = new ttypes.Insanity({
+  "userMap":{ "5":5, "8":8 },
+  "xtructs":[new ttypes.Xtruct({
+      "string_thing":"Goodbye4",
+      "byte_thing":4,
+      "i32_thing":4,
+      "i64_thing":4
+    }), new ttypes.Xtruct({
+      "string_thing":"Hello2",
+      "byte_thing":2,
+      "i32_thing":2,
+      "i64_thing":2
+    })]
+});
+
+var insanity = {
+  "1":{ "2": crazy, "3": crazy },
+  "2":{ "6":{ "userMap":{}, "xtructs":[] } }
+};
+
+module.exports.simple = simple;
+module.exports.deep = deep;
+
+module.exports.out = out;
+module.exports.out2 = out2;
+module.exports.crazy = crazy;
+module.exports.insanity = insanity;