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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2021, Rainer Leber (@rainerleber) <rainerleber@gmail.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible_collections.community.general.tests.unit.compat import unittest
+from ansible_collections.community.general.tests.unit.compat.mock import patch
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.modules.database.saphana import hana_query
+from ansible_collections.community.general.tests.unit.plugins.modules.utils import AnsibleExitJson, AnsibleFailJson, set_module_args
+from ansible.module_utils import basic
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
+import json
+
+
+def set_module_args(args):
+    """prepare arguments so that they will be picked up during module creation"""
+    args = json.dumps({'ANSIBLE_MODULE_ARGS': args})
+    basic._ANSIBLE_ARGS = to_bytes(args)
+
+
+class AnsibleExitJson(Exception):
+    """Exception class to be raised by module.exit_json and caught by the test case"""
+    pass
+
+
+class AnsibleFailJson(Exception):
+    """Exception class to be raised by module.fail_json and caught by the test case"""
+    pass
+
+
+def exit_json(*args, **kwargs):
+    """function to patch over exit_json; package return data into an exception"""
+    if 'changed' not in kwargs:
+        kwargs['changed'] = False
+    raise AnsibleExitJson(kwargs)
+
+
+def fail_json(*args, **kwargs):
+    """function to patch over fail_json; package return data into an exception"""
+    kwargs['failed'] = True
+    raise AnsibleFailJson(kwargs)
+
+
+def get_bin_path(self, arg, required=False):
+    """Mock AnsibleModule.get_bin_path"""
+    if arg.endswith('hdbsql'):
+        return '/usr/sap/HDB/HDB01/exe/hdbsql'
+    else:
+        if required:
+            fail_json(msg='%r not found !' % arg)
+
+
+class Testhana_query(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mock_module_helper = patch.multiple(basic.AnsibleModule,
+                                                 exit_json=exit_json,
+                                                 fail_json=fail_json,
+                                                 get_bin_path=get_bin_path)
+        self.mock_module_helper.start()
+        self.addCleanup(self.mock_module_helper.stop)
+
+    def test_module_fail_when_required_args_missing(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(AnsibleFailJson):
+            set_module_args({})
+            self.module.main()
+
+    def test_ensure_command_called(self):
+        set_module_args({
+            'sid': "HDB",
+            'instance': "01",
+            'encrypted': False,
+            'host': "localhost",
+            'user': "SYSTEM",
+            'password': "1234Qwer",
+            'database': "HDB",
+            'query': "SELECT * FROM users:"
+        })
+
+        with patch.object(basic.AnsibleModule, 'run_command') as mock_run_command:
+            stdout = 'configuration updated'
+            stderr = ''
+            rc = 0
+            mock_run_command.return_value = rc, stdout, stderr  # successful execution
+
+            with self.assertRaises(AnsibleExitJson) as result:
+                hana_query.main()
+            self.assertFalse(result.exception.args[0]['changed'])  # ensure result is changed
+
+        mock_run_command.assert_called_once_with('/usr/sap/HDB/HDB01/exe/hdbsql')