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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+
+package org.dspace.ctask.testing;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+import org.dspace.curate.AbstractCurationTask;
+import org.dspace.curate.Curator;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Logs what it was asked to do, samples run parameters and task
+ * properties, making no changes to the repository.  For testing.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * To test parameters and properties, set a value for the run parameter
+ * "runParameter" or the task property "taskProperty".
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * This is a debugging tool, NOT a regression test.
+ *
+ * @author mhwood
+ */
+public class PropertyParameterTestingTask
+        extends AbstractCurationTask {
+    private static final Logger LOG
+            = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PropertyParameterTestingTask.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void init(Curator curator, String taskId)
+            throws IOException {
+        super.init(curator, taskId);
+        LOG.info("Received 'init' on task {}", taskId);
+        // Display some properties.
+        LOG.info("taskProperty = '{}'; runParameter = '{}'",
+                taskProperty("taskProperty"), taskProperty("runParameter"));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int perform(DSpaceObject dso)
+            throws IOException {
+        LOG.info("Received 'perform' on {}", dso);
+        return Curator.CURATE_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int perform(Context ctx, String id)
+            throws IOException {
+        LOG.info("Received 'perform' on object ID {}", id);
+        return Curator.CURATE_SUCCESS;
+    }
+}