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+"use strict";
+var vows = require('vows')
+, assert = require('assert')
+, levels = require('../lib/levels')
+, Logger = require('../lib/logger').Logger;
+
+vows.describe('../lib/logger').addBatch({
+  'constructor with no parameters': {
+    topic: new Logger(),
+    'should use default category': function(logger) {
+      assert.equal(logger.category, Logger.DEFAULT_CATEGORY);
+    },
+    'should use TRACE log level': function(logger) {
+      assert.equal(logger.level, levels.TRACE);
+    }
+  },
+
+  'constructor with category': {
+    topic: new Logger('cheese'),
+    'should use category': function(logger) {
+      assert.equal(logger.category, 'cheese');
+    },
+    'should use TRACE log level': function(logger) {
+      assert.equal(logger.level, levels.TRACE);
+    }
+  },
+
+  'constructor with category and level': {
+    topic: new Logger('cheese', 'debug'),
+    'should use category': function(logger) {
+      assert.equal(logger.category, 'cheese');
+    },
+    'should use level': function(logger) {
+      assert.equal(logger.level, levels.DEBUG);
+    }
+  },
+
+  'isLevelEnabled': {
+    topic: new Logger('cheese', 'info'),
+    'should provide a level enabled function for all levels': function(logger) {
+      assert.isFunction(logger.isTraceEnabled);
+      assert.isFunction(logger.isDebugEnabled);
+      assert.isFunction(logger.isInfoEnabled);
+      assert.isFunction(logger.isWarnEnabled);
+      assert.isFunction(logger.isErrorEnabled);
+      assert.isFunction(logger.isFatalEnabled);
+    },
+    'should return the right values': function(logger) {
+      assert.isFalse(logger.isTraceEnabled());
+      assert.isFalse(logger.isDebugEnabled());
+      assert.isTrue(logger.isInfoEnabled());
+      assert.isTrue(logger.isWarnEnabled());
+      assert.isTrue(logger.isErrorEnabled());
+      assert.isTrue(logger.isFatalEnabled());
+    }
+  }
+}).exportTo(module);