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-/* dCache - http://www.dcache.org/
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2026 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-package org.dcache.util;
-
-import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.immediateFuture;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-import diskCacheV111.util.FsPath;
-import diskCacheV111.util.PnfsHandler;
-import diskCacheV111.vehicles.GenericStorageInfo;
-import javax.security.auth.Subject;
-import org.dcache.auth.attributes.Restrictions;
-import org.dcache.cells.CellStub;
-import org.dcache.namespace.FileType;
-import org.dcache.vehicles.FileAttributes;
-import org.dcache.vehicles.PnfsGetFileAttributes;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-public class TransferTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void shouldReadNamespaceEntryWithoutCellAddress() throws Exception {
-        CellStub stub = mock(CellStub.class);
-        when(stub.send(any(PnfsGetFileAttributes.class), anyLong())).thenAnswer(invocation -> {
-            PnfsGetFileAttributes request = invocation.getArgument(0);
-            PnfsGetFileAttributes reply =
-                  new PnfsGetFileAttributes(request.getPnfsPath(),
-                        request.getRequestedAttributes());
-            FileAttributes attributes = FileAttributes.of()
-                  .fileType(FileType.REGULAR)
-                  .size(1L)
-                  .storageInfo(new GenericStorageInfo())
-                  .build();
-            reply.setFileAttributes(attributes);
-            return immediateFuture(reply);
-        });
-
-        Transfer transfer = new Transfer(new PnfsHandler(stub), new Subject(),
-              Restrictions.none(), FsPath.create("/test/path"));
-
-        transfer.readNameSpaceEntry(false);
-
-        verify(stub).send(any(PnfsGetFileAttributes.class), anyLong());
-    }
-}