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+/*
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+ */
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.testutils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.BlackboardArtifact;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.BlackboardAttribute;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.DataSource;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author gregd
+ */
+public class TskMockUtils {
+
+    public static DataSource mockDataSource(long dataSourceId) {
+        DataSource dataSource = mock(DataSource.class);
+        when(dataSource.getName()).thenReturn("");
+        when(dataSource.getId()).thenReturn(dataSourceId);
+        return dataSource;
+    }
+    
+    public static BlackboardArtifact mockArtifact(BlackboardArtifact.Type artifactType, long artifactId,
+            DataSource dataSource, BlackboardAttribute...attributes) throws TskCoreException {
+        
+        BlackboardArtifact artifact = mock(BlackboardArtifact.class);
+
+        final Map<Integer, BlackboardAttribute> attributeTypes = Stream.of(attributes)
+                .collect(Collectors.toMap((attr) -> attr.getAttributeType().getTypeID(), Function.identity()));
+        
+        when(artifact.getArtifactID()).thenReturn(artifactId);
+
+        when(artifact.getArtifactTypeID()).thenReturn(artifactType.getTypeID());
+        
+        when(artifact.getAttribute(any())).thenAnswer((invocation) -> {
+            Object[] args = invocation.getArguments();
+            BlackboardArtifact.Type type = (BlackboardArtifact.Type) args[0];
+            return attributeTypes.get(type.getTypeID());
+        });
+
+        when(artifact.getAttributes()).thenReturn(new ArrayList<>(attributeTypes.values()));
+
+        when(artifact.getDataSource()).thenReturn(dataSource);
+        return artifact;
+    }
+}