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+/**
+ * Test suite for corpus statistic
+ * 
+ * @author Helge Stallkamp
+ */
+
+
+define(['vc'], function(){
+	
+	
+	describe('KorAP.CorpusStat', function(){
+		
+		var preDefinedStat={
+	  		"documents":12,
+	  		"tokens":2323,
+	  		"sentences":343434,
+	  		"paragraphs":45454545
+		};
+
+		var statClass = require("vc/statistic");		
+		var stat = statClass.create(preDefinedStat);
+		var descL = stat.element();
+		
+		it('should be initiable', function(){
+			expect(stat._visibleStat).toEqual(false);
+	    expect( function() { statClass.create() }).toThrow(new Error("Missing parameter"));
+		});
+		
+		
+		it('should be parsed in a statistic view and displayed as HTML Description List', function(){		
+			expect(descL.tagName).toEqual('DL');		
+			expect(descL.children[0].tagName).toEqual('DIV');
+			expect(descL.children[0].children[0].tagName).toEqual('DT');
+			expect(descL.children[0].children[0].attributes[0].name).toEqual('title');
+			expect(descL.children[0].children[1].tagName).toEqual('DD');
+					
+			expect(descL.children[0].children[0].firstChild.nodeValue).toEqual('documents');
+			expect(descL.children[0].children[1].firstChild.nodeValue).toEqual('12');
+			expect(descL.children[0].children[0].attributes[0].value).toEqual('documents');
+			
+		});
+		
+	
+	});
+});