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+package net.pterodactylus.fcp;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Base test for all tests that verify a message’s appearance.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:bombe@pterodactylus.net">David ‘Bombe’ Roden</a>
+ */
+public class AbstractFcpMessageTest {
+
+ protected List<String> encodeMessage(FcpMessage fcpMessage) throws Exception {
+ ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+ fcpMessage.write(outputStream);
+ return Arrays.asList(outputStream.toString().split("\r?\n"));
+ }
+
+}