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+package net.i2p.data;
+/*
+ * free (adj.): unencumbered; not under the control of others
+ * Written by str4d in 2012 and released into the public domain 
+ * with no warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.  
+ * It probably won't make your computer catch on fire, or eat 
+ * your children, but it might.  Use at your own risk.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Test harness for loading / storing DateAndFlags objects
+ *
+ * @author str4d
+ */
+public class DateAndFlagsTest extends StructureTest {
+
+	@Override
+	public DataStructure createDataStructure() throws DataFormatException {
+		DateAndFlags daf = new DateAndFlags();
+		daf.setDate(0);
+		daf.setFlags(0);
+		return daf;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DataStructure createStructureToRead() {
+		return new DateAndFlags();
+	}
+
+}