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import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import org.junit.Assert;

import org.junit.BeforeClass;

import org.junit.Ignore;

			// this size call will initialise the list remotely and only return the

			// size of the list

			Assert.assertEquals(childCount, remoteChildCount);

			String firstNodeTaxonTitle = taxonNode.getTaxon().getTitleCache();

				// this get call will initialise the list remotely and only return the

				// 0th element from the list

				// the locally and remotely retrieved taxon node should exist in the

				// (local and remote) child nodes list, should be not-null and should be equal to each other

				Assert.assertTrue(taxonNode.getChildNodes().contains(localTaxonNode));

				Assert.assertTrue(taxonNode.getChildNodes().contains(remoteTaxonNode));

				Assert.assertNotNull(remoteTaxonNode);

				Assert.assertNotNull(localTaxonNode);

				Assert.assertEquals(remoteTaxonNode,localTaxonNode);

								if(!multilanguagetextMap.isEmpty()) {

									// found a map whcih we can test!

									logger.info("Found Non-empty multilanguagetextMap");

									Assert.assertFalse(empty);

									// test retrieval of key set, which should already by initialised

									Set<Language> langKeySet = multilanguagetextMap.keySet();

										Assert.assertTrue(localContainsKey);

										// testing 'containsKey' on remotely initialised collection

										boolean remoteContainsKey =

										Assert.assertTrue(remoteContainsKey);

										LanguageString value = multilanguagetextMap.get(key);

										Assert.assertTrue(localContainsValue);

										// testing 'containsValue' on remotely initialised collection

										boolean remoteContainsValue =

										Assert.assertTrue(remoteContainsValue);

									}