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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=80 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+
+###############################################################################
+# OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection                                      #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Raoul Snyman                                        #
+# Portions copyright (c) 2008-2011 Tim Bentley, Gerald Britton, Jonathan      #
+# Corwin, Michael Gorven, Scott Guerrieri, Matthias Hub, Meinert Jordan,      #
+# Armin Köhler, Joshua Millar, Stevan Pettit, Andreas Preikschat, Mattias     #
+# Põldaru, Christian Richter, Philip Ridout, Simon Scudder, Jeffrey Smith,    #
+# Maikel Stuivenberg, Martin Thompson, Jon Tibble, Frode Woldsund             #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it     #
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free  #
+# Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.                              #
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+# more details.                                                               #
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+###############################################################################
+
+"""
+OpenLyrics import/export tests
+"""
+
+from lxml import etree
+
+from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.db import Song
+from openlp.plugins.songs.lib import OpenLyrics
+
+def test_openlyrics_export(songs_db, openlyrics_validator, pth, tmpdir):
+    # export song to file
+    f = tmpdir.join('out.xml')
+    db = songs_db
+    s = db.get_all_objects(Song)[0]
+    o = OpenLyrics(db)
+    xml = o.song_to_xml(s)
+    tree = etree.ElementTree(etree.fromstring(xml))
+    tree.write(open(f.strpath, u'w'), encoding=u'utf-8', xml_declaration=True,
+        pretty_print=True)
+    # validate file
+    assert openlyrics_validator.validate(f.strpath) == True
+    # string comparison with original file
+    f_orig = pth.songs.join('openlyrics_test_1.xml')
+    assert f.read() == f_orig.read()