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+// Load the implementations that should be tested
+import { ChangeDetectorRef, Component, CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, inject, TestBed, tick, } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { BrowserModule, By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
+
+import { SectionContainerComponent } from './section-container.component';
+import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
+import { createTestComponent } from '../../../shared/testing/utils';
+import { SectionsType } from '../sections-type';
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { SectionsDirective } from '../sections.directive';
+import { ActionsSubject, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { SubmissionState } from '../../submission.reducers';
+import { SubmissionService } from '../../submission.service';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../../config';
+import { SubmissionRestService } from '../../submission-rest.service';
+import { SubmissionRestServiceStub } from '../../../shared/testing/submission-rest-service-stub';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { MockRouter } from '../../../shared/mocks/mock-router';
+import { RouteService } from '../../../shared/services/route.service';
+import { MockActivatedRoute } from '../../../shared/mocks/mock-active-router';
+import { SectionsService } from '../sections.service';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { ScrollToService } from '@nicky-lenaers/ngx-scroll-to';
+
+describe('SectionContainerComponent test suite', () => {
+
+  let testComp: TestComponent;
+  let sectionContainerComponent: SectionContainerComponent;
+  let testFixture: ComponentFixture<TestComponent>;
+  let sectionContainerComponentComponentFixture: ComponentFixture<SectionContainerComponent>;
+  let html;
+
+  const config = {
+    autosave: {
+      metadata: ['dc.title', 'dc.identifier.doi', 'dc.identifier.pmid', 'dc.identifier.arxiv'],
+        timer: 5
+    },
+    metadata: {
+      icons: [
+        {
+          name: 'dc.contributor.author',
+          config: {
+            withAuthority:{
+              style: 'fa-user'
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'local.contributor.affiliation',
+          config: {
+            withAuthority:{
+              style: 'fa-university'
+            },
+            withoutAuthority:{
+              style: 'fa-university text-muted'
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'default',
+          config: {}
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  } as any;
+  const restService = new SubmissionRestServiceStub();
+  const router = new MockRouter();
+  const store = new Store<SubmissionState>(Observable.of({}), new ActionsSubject(), undefined);
+
+  // async beforeEach
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        BrowserModule,
+        CommonModule,
+        NgbModule.forRoot(),
+        TranslateModule.forRoot()
+      ],
+      declarations: [
+        SectionContainerComponent,
+        SectionsDirective,
+        TestComponent,
+      ], // declare the test component
+      providers: [
+        ChangeDetectorRef,
+        NotificationsService,
+        RouteService,
+        ScrollToService,
+        SectionContainerComponent,
+        SectionsService,
+        SubmissionService,
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: new MockActivatedRoute() },
+        { provide: Router, useValue: router },
+        { provide: SubmissionRestService, useValue: restService },
+        { provide: GLOBAL_CONFIG, useValue: config },
+        { provide: Store, useValue: store }
+      ],
+      schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA]
+    });
+
+  }));
+
+  describe('', () => {
+    // synchronous beforeEach
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      html = `
+      <ds-submission-form-section-container [collectionId]="collectionId"
+                                            [submissionId]="submissionId"
+                                            [sectionData]="object"></ds-submission-form-section-container>`;
+
+      testFixture = createTestComponent(html, TestComponent) as ComponentFixture<TestComponent>;
+      testComp = testFixture.componentInstance;
+    });
+
+    it('should create Chips Component', inject([SectionContainerComponent], (app: SectionContainerComponent) => {
+      expect(app).toBeDefined();
+    }));
+  });
+
+});
+
+// declare a test component
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-test-cmp',
+  template: ``
+})
+class TestComponent {
+
+  public collectionId = '1c11f3f1-ba1f-4f36-908a-3f1ea9a557eb';
+  public submissionId = 1;
+  public object = {
+    config:	'https://dspace7.4science.it/or2018/api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone',
+    mandatory:	true,
+    data:		{},
+    errors:		[],
+    header:	'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
+    id:	'traditionalpageone',
+    sectionType:	SectionsType.SubmissionForm
+  }
+}