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+# Copyright (c) 2015 Nicolas JOUANIN
+#
+# See the file license.txt for copying permission.
+
+import pytest
+
+from amqtt.plugins.manager import BaseContext
+from amqtt.plugins.topic_checking import BaseTopicPlugin, TopicTabooPlugin, TopicAccessControlListPlugin
+
+
+class DummyLogger(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.messages = []
+
+    def warning(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.messages.append((args, kwargs))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_base_no_config():
+    """
+    Check BaseTopicPlugin returns false if no topic-check is present.
+    """
+    context = BaseContext()
+    context.logger = DummyLogger()
+    context.config = {}
+
+    plugin = BaseTopicPlugin(context)
+    assert plugin.topic_filtering() is False
+
+    # Should have printed a couple of warnings
+    assert len(context.logger.messages) == 2
+    assert context.logger.messages[0] == (
+            ("'topic-check' section not found in context configuration",),
+            {}
+    )
+    assert context.logger.messages[1] == (
+            ("'auth' section not found in context configuration",),
+            {}
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_base_empty_config():
+    """
+    Check BaseTopicPlugin returns false if topic-check is empty.
+    """
+    context = BaseContext()
+    context.logger = DummyLogger()
+    context.config = {
+            'topic-check': {}
+    }
+
+    plugin = BaseTopicPlugin(context)
+    assert plugin.topic_filtering() is False
+
+    # Should NOT have printed warnings
+    assert len(context.logger.messages) == 1
+    assert context.logger.messages[0] == (
+            ("'auth' section not found in context configuration",),
+            {}
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_base_enabled_config():
+    """
+    Check BaseTopicPlugin returns true if enabled.
+    """
+    context = BaseContext()
+    context.logger = DummyLogger()
+    context.config = {
+            'topic-check': {
+                'enabled': True
+            }
+    }
+
+    plugin = BaseTopicPlugin(context)
+    assert plugin.topic_filtering() is True
+
+    # Should NOT have printed warnings
+    assert len(context.logger.messages) == 0