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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+require 'thrift/transport/httpclient'
+
+class ThriftHTTPClientSpec < Spec::ExampleGroup
+  include Thrift
+
+  describe HTTPClient do
+    before(:each) do
+      @client = HTTPClient.new("http://my.domain.com/path/to/service")
+    end
+
+    it "should always be open" do
+      @client.should be_open
+      @client.close
+      @client.should be_open
+    end
+
+    it "should post via HTTP and return the results" do
+      @client.write "a test"
+      @client.write " frame"
+      Net::HTTP.should_receive(:new).with("my.domain.com", 80).and_return do
+        mock("Net::HTTP").tee do |http|
+          http.should_receive(:post).with("/path/to/service", "a test frame").and_return([nil, "data"])
+        end
+      end
+      @client.flush
+      @client.read(10).should == "data"
+    end
+  end
+end