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+package org.apache.maven.release;
+
+/* ====================================================================
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+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.dom4j.Node;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class PomNodeSelectorTest
+     extends TestCase
+{
+    private static String TEST_CONF = System.getProperty("basedir")
+        + "/src/test-data/test-pom.xml";
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     *
+     * @param name Name of the test.
+     */
+    public PomNodeSelectorTest(String name)
+    {
+        super(name);
+    }
+
+    public void testBasic()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PomNodeSelector pns = new PomNodeSelector();
+        pns.setPom( new File( TEST_CONF ) );
+        pns.setXpathExpression( "/project/dependencies/dependency[version='SNAPSHOT']" );
+        pns.execute();
+        List list = pns.getNodes();
+        
+        // Make sure we have three nodes.
+        assertEquals( 3, list.size() );
+    }
+}