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+'use strict';
+/*jshint asi: true*/
+
+var test = require('tap').test
+ , util = require('util')
+ , fs = require('fs')
+ , path = require('path')
+ , customTheme = require('./fixtures/custom')
+ , cardinal = require('..')
+
+function inspect (obj) {
+ return console.log(util.inspect(obj, false, 5, false))
+}
+
+var file = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/foo.js')
+ , fileWithErrors = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/foo-with-errors.js')
+
+test('supplying custom theme', function (t) {
+ var highlighted = cardinal.highlightFileSync(file, { theme: customTheme });
+
+ t.equals(highlighted, '\u001b[94mfunction\u001b[39m \u001b[96mfoo\u001b[39m\u001b[90m(\u001b[39m\u001b[90m)\u001b[39m \u001b[33m{\u001b[39m \n \u001b[32mvar\u001b[39m \u001b[96ma\u001b[39m \u001b[93m=\u001b[39m \u001b[34m3\u001b[39m\u001b[90m;\u001b[39m \u001b[31mreturn\u001b[39m \u001b[96ma\u001b[39m \u001b[93m>\u001b[39m \u001b[34m2\u001b[39m \u001b[93m?\u001b[39m \u001b[31mtrue\u001b[39m \u001b[93m:\u001b[39m \u001b[91mfalse\u001b[39m\u001b[90m;\u001b[39m \n\u001b[33m}\u001b[39m\n')
+ t.end()
+})
+
+test('not supplying custom theme', function (t) {
+ var highlighted = cardinal.highlightFileSync(file);
+
+ t.equals(highlighted, '\u001b[94mfunction\u001b[39m \u001b[37mfoo\u001b[39m\u001b[90m(\u001b[39m\u001b[90m)\u001b[39m \u001b[33m{\u001b[39m \n \u001b[32mvar\u001b[39m \u001b[37ma\u001b[39m \u001b[93m=\u001b[39m \u001b[34m3\u001b[39m\u001b[90m;\u001b[39m \u001b[31mreturn\u001b[39m \u001b[37ma\u001b[39m \u001b[93m>\u001b[39m \u001b[34m2\u001b[39m \u001b[93m?\u001b[39m \u001b[91mtrue\u001b[39m \u001b[93m:\u001b[39m \u001b[91mfalse\u001b[39m\u001b[90m;\u001b[39m \n\u001b[33m}\u001b[39m\n')
+ t.end()
+})
+
+test('errornous code', function (t) {
+ try {
+ cardinal.highlightFileSync(fileWithErrors);
+ } catch (e) {
+ t.similar(e.message, /Unable to perform highlight. The code contained syntax errors.* Line 1: Unexpected token [(]/)
+ t.end()
+ }
+})
+
+test('non existing file', function (t) {
+ try {
+ cardinal.highlightFileSync('./not/existing');
+ } catch (e) {
+ t.similar(e.message, /ENOENT, .*not.existing/)
+ t.end()
+ }
+})