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+package org.apache.maven.shared.utils.logging;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+public class AnsiMessageBufferTest
+{
+
+    private AnsiMessageBuffer ansiMessageBuffer;
+
+    @Before
+    public void initializeAnsiMessageBuffer()
+    {
+        this.ansiMessageBuffer = new AnsiMessageBuffer();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_debug()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.debug();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;36m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_info()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.info();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;34m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_warning()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.warning();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;33m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_warning_and_reset()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.warning( "a warning message" );
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;33ma warning message\u001B[m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_error()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.error();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;31m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_success()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.success();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;32m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_success_with_message()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.success( "a success message" );
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;32ma success message\u001B[m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_failure()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.failure();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;31m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_failure_and_reset()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.failure( "a failure message" );
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1;31ma failure message\u001B[m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_strong()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.strong();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_strong_and_reset()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.strong( "a strong message" );
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[1ma strong message\u001B[m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_mojo()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.mojo();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[32m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_mojo_and_reset()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.mojo( "a mojo" );
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[32ma mojo\u001B[m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_project()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.project();
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[36m" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void should_color_project_and_reset()
+    {
+        ansiMessageBuffer.project( "a project" );
+
+        assertThat( ansiMessageBuffer.toString(), equalTo( "\u001B[36ma project\u001B[m" ) );
+    }
+
+}