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+<?php
+/**
+ * ownCloud
+ *
+ * @author Vincent Petry
+ * @copyright 2013 Vincent Petry <pvince81@owncloud.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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 this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+require_once __DIR__ . '/base.php';
+
+class Test_Files_Sharing_Permissions extends Test_Files_Sharing_Base {
+
+	function setUp() {
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1);
+
+		// prepare user1's dir structure
+		$textData = "dummy file data\n";
+		$this->view->mkdir('container');
+		$this->view->mkdir('container/shareddir');
+		$this->view->mkdir('container/shareddir/subdir');
+		$this->view->mkdir('container/shareddirrestricted');
+		$this->view->mkdir('container/shareddirrestricted/subdir');
+		$this->view->file_put_contents('container/shareddir/textfile.txt', $textData);
+		$this->view->file_put_contents('container/shareddirrestricted/textfile1.txt', $textData);
+
+		list($this->ownerStorage, $internalPath) = $this->view->resolvePath('');
+		$this->ownerCache = $this->ownerStorage->getCache();
+		$this->ownerStorage->getScanner()->scan('');
+
+		// share "shareddir" with user2
+		$fileinfo = $this->view->getFileInfo('container/shareddir');
+		\OCP\Share::shareItem('folder', $fileinfo['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+			self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2, 31);
+		$fileinfo2 = $this->view->getFileInfo('container/shareddirrestricted');
+		\OCP\Share::shareItem('folder', $fileinfo2['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+			self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2, 7);
+
+		// login as user2
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2);
+
+		// retrieve the shared storage
+		$this->secondView = new \OC\Files\View('/' . self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2);
+		list($this->sharedStorage, $internalPath) = $this->secondView->resolvePath('files/Shared/shareddir');
+		$this->sharedCache = $this->sharedStorage->getCache();
+	}
+
+	function tearDown() {
+		$this->sharedCache->clear();
+
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1);
+
+		$fileinfo = $this->view->getFileInfo('container/shareddir');
+		\OCP\Share::unshare('folder', $fileinfo['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+			self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2);
+		$fileinfo2 = $this->view->getFileInfo('container/shareddirrestricted');
+		\OCP\Share::unshare('folder', $fileinfo2['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+			self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2);
+
+		$this->view->deleteAll('container');
+
+		$this->ownerCache->clear();
+
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test that the permissions of shared directory are returned correctly
+	 */
+	function testGetPermissions() {
+		$sharedDirPerms = $this->sharedStorage->getPermissions('shareddir');
+		$this->assertEquals(31, $sharedDirPerms);
+		$sharedDirPerms = $this->sharedStorage->getPermissions('shareddir/textfile.txt');
+		$this->assertEquals(31, $sharedDirPerms);
+		$sharedDirRestrictedPerms = $this->sharedStorage->getPermissions('shareddirrestricted');
+		$this->assertEquals(7, $sharedDirRestrictedPerms);
+		$sharedDirRestrictedPerms = $this->sharedStorage->getPermissions('shareddirrestricted/textfile.txt');
+		$this->assertEquals(7, $sharedDirRestrictedPerms);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Test that the permissions of shared directory are returned correctly
+	 */
+	function testGetDirectoryPermissions() {
+		$contents = $this->secondView->getDirectoryContent('files/Shared/shareddir');
+		$this->assertEquals('subdir', $contents[0]['name']);
+		$this->assertEquals(31, $contents[0]['permissions']);
+		$this->assertEquals('textfile.txt', $contents[1]['name']);
+		$this->assertEquals(31, $contents[1]['permissions']);
+		$contents = $this->secondView->getDirectoryContent('files/Shared/shareddirrestricted');
+		$this->assertEquals('subdir', $contents[0]['name']);
+		$this->assertEquals(7, $contents[0]['permissions']);
+		$this->assertEquals('textfile1.txt', $contents[1]['name']);
+		$this->assertEquals(7, $contents[1]['permissions']);
+	}
+}