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+# (c) 2015, Toshio Kuratomi <tkuratomi@ansible.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible 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, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
+from ansible.executor.connection_info import ConnectionInformation
+
+from ansible.plugins.connections import ConnectionBase
+#from ansible.plugins.connections.accelerate import Connection as AccelerateConnection
+#from ansible.plugins.connections.chroot import Connection as ChrootConnection
+#from ansible.plugins.connections.funcd import Connection as FuncdConnection
+#from ansible.plugins.connections.jail import Connection as JailConnection
+#from ansible.plugins.connections.libvirt_lxc import Connection as LibvirtLXCConnection
+from ansible.plugins.connections.local import Connection as LocalConnection
+#from ansible.plugins.connections.paramiko_ssh import Connection as ParamikoConnection
+from ansible.plugins.connections.ssh import Connection as SSHConnection
+#from ansible.plugins.connections.winrm import Connection as WinRmConnection
+
+class TestConnectionBaseClass(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.conn_info = ConnectionInformation()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_subclass_error(self):
+        class ConnectionModule1(ConnectionBase):
+                pass
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            ConnectionModule1()
+
+        class ConnectionModule2(ConnectionBase):
+            def get(self, key):
+                super(ConnectionModule2, self).get(key)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            ConnectionModule2()
+
+    def test_subclass_success(self):
+        class ConnectionModule3(ConnectionBase):
+            @property
+            def transport(self):
+                pass
+            def _connect(self):
+                pass
+            def exec_command(self):
+                pass
+            def put_file(self):
+                pass
+            def fetch_file(self):
+                pass
+            def close(self):
+                pass
+        self.assertIsInstance(ConnectionModule3(self.conn_info), ConnectionModule3)
+
+#    def test_accelerate_connection_module(self):
+#        self.assertIsInstance(AccelerateConnection(), AccelerateConnection)
+#
+#    def test_chroot_connection_module(self):
+#        self.assertIsInstance(ChrootConnection(), ChrootConnection)
+#
+#    def test_funcd_connection_module(self):
+#        self.assertIsInstance(FuncdConnection(), FuncdConnection)
+#
+#    def test_jail_connection_module(self):
+#        self.assertIsInstance(JailConnection(), JailConnection)
+#
+#    def test_libvirt_lxc_connection_module(self):
+#        self.assertIsInstance(LibvirtLXCConnection(), LibvirtLXCConnection)
+
+    def test_local_connection_module(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(LocalConnection(self.conn_info), LocalConnection)
+
+#    def test_paramiko_connection_module(self):
+#        self.assertIsInstance(ParamikoConnection(self.conn_info), ParamikoConnection)
+
+    def test_ssh_connection_module(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(SSHConnection(self.conn_info), SSHConnection)
+
+#    def test_winrm_connection_module(self):
+#        self.assertIsInstance(WinRmConnection(), WinRmConnection)