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+# (c) 2016, James Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, MagicMock
+
+from ansible.executor.task_result import TaskResult
+
+class TestTaskResult(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_task_result_basic(self):
+        mock_host = MagicMock()
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+
+        # test loading a result with a dict
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict())
+
+        # test loading a result with a JSON string
+        with patch('ansible.parsing.dataloader.DataLoader.load') as p:
+            tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, '{}')
+
+    def test_task_result_is_changed(self):
+        mock_host = MagicMock()
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+
+        # test with no changed in result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict())
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_changed())
+
+        # test with changed in the result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(changed=True))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_changed())
+
+        # test with multiple results but none changed
+        mock_task.loop = 'foo'
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(results=[dict(foo='bar'), dict(bam='baz'), True]))
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_changed())
+
+        # test with multiple results and one changed
+        mock_task.loop = 'foo'
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(results=[dict(changed=False), dict(changed=True), dict(some_key=False)]))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_changed())
+
+    def test_task_result_is_skipped(self):
+        mock_host = MagicMock()
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+
+        # test with no skipped in result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict())
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_skipped())
+
+        # test with skipped in the result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(skipped=True))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_skipped())
+
+        # test with multiple results but none skipped
+        mock_task.loop = 'foo'
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(results=[dict(foo='bar'), dict(bam='baz'), True]))
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_skipped())
+
+        # test with multiple results and one skipped
+        mock_task.loop = 'foo'
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(results=[dict(skipped=False), dict(skipped=True), dict(some_key=False)]))
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_skipped())
+
+        # test with multiple results and all skipped
+        mock_task.loop = 'foo'
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(results=[dict(skipped=True), dict(skipped=True), dict(skipped=True)]))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_skipped())
+
+    def test_task_result_is_unreachable(self):
+        mock_host = MagicMock()
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+
+        # test with no unreachable in result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict())
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_unreachable())
+
+        # test with unreachable in the result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(unreachable=True))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_unreachable())
+
+        # test with multiple results but none unreachable
+        mock_task.loop = 'foo'
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(results=[dict(foo='bar'), dict(bam='baz'), True]))
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_unreachable())
+
+        # test with multiple results and one unreachable
+        mock_task.loop = 'foo'
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(results=[dict(unreachable=False), dict(unreachable=True), dict(some_key=False)]))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_unreachable())
+
+    def test_task_result_is_failed(self):
+        mock_host = MagicMock()
+        mock_task = MagicMock()
+
+        # test with no failed in result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict())
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_failed())
+
+        # test failed result with rc values
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(rc=0))
+        self.assertFalse(tr.is_failed())
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(rc=1))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_failed())
+
+        # test with failed in result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(failed=True))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_failed())
+
+        # test with failed_when in result
+        tr = TaskResult(mock_host, mock_task, dict(failed_when_result=True))
+        self.assertTrue(tr.is_failed())