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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Robin Appelman <robin@icewind.nl>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace Test\FilesMetadata;
+
+use OC\BackgroundJob\JobList;
+use OC\Files\Storage\Temporary;
+use OC\FilesMetadata\FilesMetadataManager;
+use OC\FilesMetadata\Service\IndexRequestService;
+use OC\FilesMetadata\Service\MetadataRequestService;
+use OCP\EventDispatcher\Event;
+use OCP\EventDispatcher\IEventDispatcher;
+use OCP\Files\Folder;
+use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
+use OCP\FilesMetadata\AMetadataEvent;
+use OCP\IAppConfig;
+use OCP\IDBConnection;
+use OCP\Server;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Test\TestCase;
+use Test\Traits\MountProviderTrait;
+use Test\Traits\UserTrait;
+
+/**
+ * @group DB
+ */
+class FilesMetadataManagerTest extends TestCase {
+	use UserTrait;
+	use MountProviderTrait;
+
+	private IEventDispatcher $eventDispatcher;
+	private JobList $jobList;
+	private IAppConfig $appConfig;
+	private LoggerInterface $logger;
+	private MetadataRequestService $metadataRequestService;
+	private IndexRequestService $indexRequestService;
+	private FilesMetadataManager $manager;
+	private IDBConnection $connection;
+	private Folder $userFolder;
+	private array $metadata = [];
+
+	protected function setUp(): void {
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		$this->jobList = $this->createMock(JobList::class);
+		$this->eventDispatcher = $this->createMock(IEventDispatcher::class);
+		$this->eventDispatcher->method('dispatchTyped')->willReturnCallback(function(Event $event) {
+			if ($event instanceof AMetadataEvent) {
+				$name = $event->getNode()->getName();
+				if (isset($this->metadata[$name])) {
+					$meta = $event->getMetadata();
+					foreach ($this->metadata[$name] as $key => $value) {
+						$meta->setString($key, $value);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		});
+		$this->appConfig = $this->createMock(IAppConfig::class);
+		$this->logger = $this->createMock(LoggerInterface::class);
+
+		$this->connection = Server::get(IDBConnection::class);
+		$this->metadataRequestService = new MetadataRequestService($this->connection, $this->logger);
+		$this->indexRequestService = new IndexRequestService($this->connection, $this->logger);
+		$this->manager = new FilesMetadataManager(
+			$this->eventDispatcher,
+			$this->jobList,
+			$this->appConfig,
+			$this->logger,
+			$this->metadataRequestService,
+			$this->indexRequestService,
+		);
+
+		$this->createUser('metatest', '');
+		$this->registerMount('metatest', new Temporary([]), '/metatest');
+
+		$rootFolder = Server::get(IRootFolder::class);
+		$this->userFolder = $rootFolder->getUserFolder('metatest');
+	}
+
+	public function testRefreshMetadata(): void {
+		$this->metadata['test.txt'] = [
+			'istest' => 'yes'
+		];
+		$file = $this->userFolder->newFile('test.txt', 'test');
+		$stored = $this->manager->refreshMetadata($file);
+		$this->assertEquals($file->getId(), $stored->getFileId());
+		$this->assertEquals('yes', $stored->getString('istest'));
+
+		$retrieved = $this->manager->getMetadata($file->getId());
+		$this->assertEquals($file->getId(), $retrieved->getFileId());
+		$this->assertEquals('yes', $retrieved->getString('istest'));
+	}
+}