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+/*
+ * Briar Desktop
+ * Copyright (C) 2023 The Briar Project
+ *
+ * This program 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.
+ *
+ * This program 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 program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.briarproject.briar.desktop.settings
+
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ILoggingEvent
+import ch.qos.logback.core.read.ListAppender
+import org.briarproject.briar.desktop.settings.UnencryptedSettings.Language
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest
+import java.util.prefs.Preferences
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertContains
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+@Suppress("HardCodedStringLiteral")
+class UnencryptedSettingsImplTest {
+
+    // Unfortunately, this test is not side effect free: it does update the preferences.
+    // In order to reset value to what was stored in the preferences node before running
+    // the test, remember the value during @BeforeTest and reset it to that value during
+    // @AfterTest.
+
+    private val prefs: Preferences = Preferences.userNodeForPackage(UnencryptedSettingsImpl::class.java)
+    private var oldValue: String? = null
+
+    @BeforeTest
+    fun rememberValuesBeforeTest() {
+        oldValue = prefs.get(PREF_LANG, null)
+    }
+
+    @AfterTest
+    fun restoreValuesAfterTest() {
+        if (oldValue == null) {
+            prefs.remove(PREF_LANG)
+        } else {
+            prefs.put(PREF_LANG, oldValue)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testNoKey() {
+        prefs.remove(PREF_LANG)
+        val settings = UnencryptedSettingsImpl()
+        assertEquals(Language.DEFAULT, settings.language)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testValidKey() {
+        prefs.put(PREF_LANG, "FR")
+        val settings = UnencryptedSettingsImpl()
+        assertEquals(Language.FR, settings.language)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testInvalidKey() {
+        val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UnencryptedSettingsImpl::class.java) as Logger
+        val appender = ListAppender<ILoggingEvent>().apply { start() }
+        logger.addAppender(appender)
+
+        // put an invalid key into the preference store
+        prefs.put(PREF_LANG, "foo")
+
+        // expect the default value to be returned by the settings implementation
+        val settings = UnencryptedSettingsImpl()
+        assertEquals(Language.DEFAULT, settings.language)
+
+        // and also expect it to log an error message
+        assertEquals(1, appender.list.size)
+        val event = appender.list[0]
+        assertEquals(Level.ERROR, event.level)
+        assertContains(event.message, "Unexpected enum value")
+    }
+}