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+<?php
+/**
+ * @package framework
+ * @subpackage tests
+ */
+class CMSMenuItemTest extends SapphireTest {
+
+	public function testAttributes() {
+		$menuItem = new CMSMenuItem('Foo', 'foo');
+		$exampleAttributes = array('title' => 'foo bar', 'disabled' => true, 'data-foo' => '<something>');
+
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'title="foo bar" disabled="disabled" data-foo="&lt;something&gt;"',
+			$menuItem->getAttributesHTML($exampleAttributes),
+			'Attributes appear correctly when passed as an argument'
+		);
+
+		$emptyAttributes = array('empty' => '');
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'',
+			$menuItem->getAttributesHTML($emptyAttributes),
+			'No attributes are output when argument values are empty'
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'',
+			$menuItem->getAttributesHTML('some string'),
+			'getAttributesHTML() ignores a string argument'
+		);
+
+		// Set attributes as class property
+		$menuItem->setAttributes($exampleAttributes);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'title="foo bar" disabled="disabled" data-foo="&lt;something&gt;"',
+			$menuItem->getAttributesHTML(),
+			'Attributes appear correctly when using setAttributes()'
+		);
+		$this->assertEquals(
+			'title="foo bar" disabled="disabled" data-foo="&lt;something&gt;"',
+			$menuItem->getAttributesHTML('foo bar'),
+			'getAttributesHTML() ignores a string argument and falls back to class property'
+		);
+	}
+
+}
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