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+<?php
+
+// {{{ License
+// This file is part of GNU social - https://www.gnu.org/software/social
+//
+// GNU social is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// GNU social is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with GNU social.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+// }}}
+
+/**
+ * String formatting utilities
+ *
+ * @package   GNUsocial
+ * @category  Util
+ *
+ * @author    Hugo Sales <hugo@hsal.es>
+ * @copyright 2020-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc http://www.fsf.org
+ * @license   https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html GNU AGPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace App\Util;
+
+use App\Core\GNUsocial;
+use Functional as F;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\WebTestCase;
+
+class GNUsocialTestCase extends WebTestCase
+{
+    private static GNUsocial $social;
+
+    /**
+     * Provide our own initialization for testing
+     */
+    public static function bootKernel(array $options = [])
+    {
+        $kernel    = parent::bootKernel($options);
+        $container = self::$kernel->getContainer()->get('test.service_container');
+        $services  = F\map(
+            (new \ReflectionClass(GNUsocial::class))->getMethod('__construct')->getParameters(),
+            function ($p) use ($container) { return $container->get((string) $p->getType()); }
+        );
+        self::$social = new GNUsocial(...$services);
+        return $kernel;
+    }
+}