rtm 0.1.6 → 0.2.0

data/spec/rtm/tmapi/core/topic_map_spec.rb

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+# Copyright: Copyright 2009 Topic Maps Lab, University of Leipzig.
+# License:   Apache License, Version 2.0
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper'
+
+module RTM::TopicMap
+  describe self do
+    before(:each) do
+      @tm = get_used_tm_sys_tm
+      @tm.should be_a_kind_of RTM::TopicMap
+    end
+    after(:each) do
+      @tm.close
+    end
+
+    describe "#topics" do
+      before(:each) do
+        @a,@b,@c,@d,@e,@f = @tm.get!(["a","b","c","d","e","f"])
+        @a.add_type(@b)
+        @d.add_type(@f)
+        @e.add_type(@f)
+      end
+      it "should give back all topics in the topic map when called without type" do
+        @tm.topics.size.should == 6
+        @tm.topics.should include(@a,@b,@c,@d,@e,@f)
+      end
+      it "should give back all topics that are instances of the specified type" do
+        @tm.topics(@b).size.should == 1
+        @tm.topics("b").should include(@a)
+        ###
+        @tm.topics(@f).size.should == 2
+        @tm.topics("f").should include(@d,@e)
+        ###
+        @tm.topics(@c).should be_empty
+        @tm.topics("c").should be_empty
+        ###
+        @tm.topics("not_existing").should be_empty
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "#construct_by_id" do
+      it "should give back the topic map if the id of the topic map is given" do
+        pending if implementation_for_spec == :tinytim
+        @tm.construct_by_id(@tm.id).should_not be_nil
+        @tm.construct_by_id(@tm.id).should == @tm
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "#add_prefix" do
+      it "should raise an error if the identifier or reference are not Strings" do
+        lambda{@tm.add_prefix(1,"www.test.de")}.should raise_error
+        lambda{@tm.add_prefix("a",2)}.should raise_error
+      end
+      it "should be allowed to set a prefix" do
+        @tm.prefixes.should be_empty
+        @tm.add_prefix("a","www.qnametest.com")
+        @tm.prefixes.size.should == 1
+        @tm.prefixes["a"].should == "www.qnametest.com"
+      end
+      it "should replace the reference if prefix already exists" do
+        @tm.add_prefix("a","www.qnametest.com")
+        @tm.prefixes["a"].should == "www.qnametest.com"
+        @tm.add_prefix("a","www.test.de")
+        @tm.prefixes["a"].should == "www.test.de"
+      end
+      it "should give back the prefixes-Hash" do
+        @tm.add_prefix("a","www.qnametest.com").should == @tm.prefixes
+        @tm.add_prefix("g","www.qnametest2.com").should == @tm.prefixes
+      end
+      #      it "should warn if identifier equals sl, si or ii" do
+      #        lambda{@tm.add_prefix("sl","test")}.should ?
+      #        lambda{@tm.add_prefix("si","test")}.should ?
+      #        lambda{@tm.add_prefix("ii","test")}.should ?
+      #      end
+    end
+    
+    describe "#delete_prefix" do
+      before(:each) do
+        @tm.add_prefix("a","www.qnametest.com/a/")
+        @tm.add_prefix("b","www.qnametest.com/b/")
+        @tm.add_prefix("c","www.qnametest.com/c/")
+      end
+      it "should delete the right prefix" do
+        @tm.prefixes.length.should == 3
+        @tm.delete_prefix("a").size.should == 2
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "a").should be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "b").should_not be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "c").should_not be_empty
+      end
+      it "should delete the right prefix if the reference is given" do
+        @tm.prefixes.length.should == 3
+        @tm.delete_prefix("a","www.qnametest.com/a/").size.should == 2
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "a").should be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "b").should_not be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "c").should_not be_empty
+      end
+      it "should delete nothing if identifier does not match" do
+        @tm.prefixes.length.should == 3
+        @tm.delete_prefix("x").size.should == 3
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "a").should_not be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "b").should_not be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "c").should_not be_empty
+      end
+      it "should delete nothing if reference does not match" do
+        @tm.prefixes.length.should == 3
+        @tm.delete_prefix("a","x").size.should == 3
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "a").should_not be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "b").should_not be_empty
+        @tm.find_prefix(:identifier => "c").should_not be_empty
+      end
+      it "should be the alias for del_prefix" do
+        @tm.method(:del_prefix).should == @tm.method(:delete_prefix)
+      end
+    end
+    
+    describe "#find_prefix" do
+      
+    end
+    
+    describe "#create_topic_by" do
+      it "should allow creating a new topic by subject identifier" do
+        identifier = "subject:identifier"
+        topics = @tm.create_topic_by([identifier])
+        topics.should be_a_kind_of Array
+        topics.length.should == 1
+        topic = topics.first
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.getSubjectIdentifiers.size.should == 1
+        topic.getSubjectIdentifiers.map{|i| i.value }.should include(identifier)
+      end
+      it "should allow creating a new topic by item identifier with ^-prefix" do
+        identifier = "item:identifier"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by("^" + identifier)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.getItemIdentifiers.size.should == 1
+        topic.getItemIdentifiers.map{|i| i.value }.should include(identifier)
+      end
+      it "should allow creating a new topic by subject locator with =-prefix" do
+        identifier = "subject:locator"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by("=" + identifier)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.getSubjectLocators.size.should == 1
+        topic.getSubjectLocators.map{|i| i.value }.should include(identifier)
+      end
+      it "should allow creating a new topic by subject identifier with si:-prefix" do
+        identifier = "subject:identifier"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by("si:" + identifier)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.getSubjectIdentifiers.size.should == 1
+        topic.getSubjectIdentifiers.map{|i| i.value }.should include(identifier)
+      end
+      it "should allow creating a new topic by item identifier with ii:-prefix" do
+        identifier = "item:identifier"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by("ii:" + identifier)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.getItemIdentifiers.size.should == 1
+        topic.getItemIdentifiers.map{|i| i.value }.should include(identifier)
+      end
+      it "should allow creating new topics by an Array of identifiers" do
+        identifier = ["subject:identifier",
+          "^item:identifier",
+          "subject:locator",
+          "si:subject:identifier",
+          "ii:item:identifier"
+        ]
+        identifier.should be_a_kind_of Array
+        topic_array = @tm.create_topic_by(identifier)
+        topic_array.should be_a_kind_of Array
+        topic_array.size.should == identifier.length
+        topic_array.each{|t| t.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic}
+      end
+    end
+    
+    describe "#get" do
+      before(:each) do
+        @topic1 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier("si")
+        @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier("si-test")
+        @topic2 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator("sl")
+        @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator("sl-test")
+        @topic3 = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier("ii")
+        @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier("ii-test")
+      end
+      it "should be tested with Topics" do
+        @topic1.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        @topic2.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        @topic3.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument is nil" do
+        @tm.get(nil).should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument is an empty String" do
+        @tm.get("").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument equals 'si:'" do
+        @tm.get("si:").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument equals '='" do
+        @tm.get("=").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument equals 'sl:'" do
+        @tm.get("sl:").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument equals '^'" do
+        @tm.get("^").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument equals 'ii:'" do
+        @tm.get("ii:").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a Topic" do
+        @tm.get(@topic1).should == @topic1
+        @tm.get(@topic2).should == @topic2
+        @tm.get(@topic3).should == @topic3
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a Locator and Topic has the Locator as subject identifier" do
+        @tm.get(@tm.create_locator("si")).should == @topic1
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a Locator and Topic has the Locator as item identifier" do
+        @tm.get(@tm.create_locator("ii")).should == @topic3
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if argument is a Locator and Topic has the Locator as subject locator" do
+        @tm.get(@tm.create_locator("sl")).should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (absolute) and Topic has String as subject identifier" do
+        @tm.get("http://www.topicmapslab.de/si").should == @topic1
+        @tm.get("si:http://www.topicmapslab.de/si").should == @topic1
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (absolute) and Topic has String as subject identifier" do
+        @tm.get("sl:http://www.topicmapslab.de/sl").should == @topic2
+        @tm.get("=http://www.topicmapslab.de/sl").should == @topic2
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (absolute) and Topic has String as subject identifier" do
+        @tm.get("ii:http://www.topicmapslab.de/ii").should == @topic3
+        @tm.get("^http://www.topicmapslab.de/ii").should == @topic3
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (relative) and Topic has String as subject identifier" do
+        @tm.get("si").should == @topic1
+        @tm.get("si:si").should == @topic1
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (relative) and Topic has String as subject identifier" do
+        @tm.get("sl:sl").should == @topic2
+        @tm.get("=sl").should == @topic2
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (relative) and Topic has String as subject identifier" do
+        @tm.get("ii:ii").should == @topic3
+        @tm.get("^ii").should == @topic3
+      end
+      it "should give back an empty Array if argument equals '[]'" do
+        @tm.get([]).should == []
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if there is no Topic which has the argument (Locator) as identifier" do
+        @tm.get(@tm.create_locator("something")).should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if there is no Topic which has the argument (String, si) as identifier" do
+        @tm.get("something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("http://www.topicmapslab.de/something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("si:something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("si:http://www.topicmapslab.de/something").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if there is no Topic which has the argument (String, sl) as identifier" do
+        @tm.get("sl:something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("sl:http://www.topicmapslab.de/something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("=something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("=http://www.topicmapslab.de/something").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if there is no Topic which has the argument (String, ii) as identifier" do
+        @tm.get("ii:something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("ii:http://www.topicmapslab.de/something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("^something").should be_nil
+        @tm.get("^http://www.topicmapslab.de/something").should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back an Array of Topics and nils if argument is Array of identifiers and nils" do
+        array = ["si","","=sl","",nil,"something","^ii",@tm.create_locator("blub")]
+        @tm.get(array).size.should == array.size
+        @tm.get(array).should == array.map{|i| @tm.get(i)}
+      end
+      it "should handle identifier which are qnames (get)" do
+        @tm.add_prefix("x","http://www.test.de/x/")
+        @tm.add_prefix("y","http://www.test.de/y/")
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier("http://www.test.de/x/something")
+        @tm.get("x:something").should == topic
+        topic2 = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier("http://www.test.de/y/something")
+        @tm.get("ii:y:something").should == topic2
+      end
+    end
+    
+    describe "#get!" do
+      before(:each) do
+        @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier("dummy_si")
+        @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator("dummy_sl")
+        @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier("dummy_ii")
+      end
+      it "should give back nil if the argument is nil" do
+        @tm.get!(nil).should be_nil
+      end
+      it "should give back an empty Array if the argument equals []" do
+        @tm.get!([]).should == []
+      end
+      it "should give back the argument if argument is a Topic" do
+        topic = @tm.create_topic
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        @tm.get!(topic).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a Locator and the Topic defined by the Locator (si) already exists" do
+        locator = @tm.create_locator("http://www.uni-leipzig.de")
+        locator.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Locator
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier(locator)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        @tm.get!(locator).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a Locator and the Topic defined by the Locator (ii) already exists" do
+        locator = @tm.create_locator("http://www.uni-leipzig.de")
+        locator.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Locator
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier(locator)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        @tm.get!(locator).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String(absolute IRI,si) and the Topic defined by the String already exists" do
+        string = "http://www.uni-leipzig.de/"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        @tm.get!(string).should == topic
+        @tm.get!("si:" + string).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String(absolute IRI,sl) and the Topic defined by the String already exists" do
+        string = "http://www.uni-leipzig.de/"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        @tm.get!("sl:" + string).should == topic
+        @tm.get!("=" + string).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String(absolute IRI,ii) and the Topic defined by the String already exists" do
+        string = "http://www.uni-leipzig.de/"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        @tm.get!("ii:" + string).should == topic
+        @tm.get!("^" + string).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String(relative IRI,si) and the Topic defined by the String already exists" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        @tm.get!(string).should == topic
+        @tm.get!("si:" + string).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String(relative IRI,sl) and the Topic defined by the String already exists" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        @tm.get!("sl:" + string).should == topic
+        @tm.get!("=" + string).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String(relative IRI,ii) and the Topic defined by the String already exists" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        @tm.get!("ii:" + string).should == topic
+        @tm.get!("^" + string).should == topic
+      end
+      it "should create a Topic and give back this Topic if argument is a String (si) and no Topic has this String as subject identifier" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.get!(string)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.item.should be_nil
+        topic.locators.should be_empty
+        topic.indicators.size.should == 1
+        topic.indicators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+      end
+      it "should create a Topic and give back this Topic if argument is a String (si, starting with 'si:') and no Topic has this String as subject identifier" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.get!("si:" + string)
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.item.should be_nil
+        topic.locators.should be_empty
+        topic.indicators.size.should == 1
+        topic.indicators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (si) and and a Topic which has this String as item identifier already exists" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic1 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        topic2 = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))    
+        @tm.get!(string).should == topic2
+        topic2.item.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.indicators.size.should == 1
+        topic2.indicators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.locators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (si, starting with 'si:') and and a Topic which has this String as item identifier already exists" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic1 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        topic2 = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))    
+        @tm.get!("si:" + string).should == topic2
+        topic2.item.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.indicators.size.should == 1
+        topic2.indicators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.locators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should create a Topic and give back this Topic if argument is a String (sl, starting with 'sl:') and no Topic has this String as subject locator" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.get!("sl:" + string)          
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.item.should be_nil
+        topic.locators.size.should == 1
+        topic.locators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic.indicators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should create a Topic and give back this Topic if argument is a String (sl, starting with '=') and no Topic has this String as subject locator" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.get!("=" + string)          
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.item.should be_nil
+        topic.locators.size.should == 1
+        topic.locators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic.indicators.should be_empty
+      end 
+      it "should create a Topic and give back this Topic if argument is a String (ii, starting with 'ii:') and no Topic has this String as subject locator" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.get!("ii:" + string)          
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.item.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic.locators.should be_empty
+        topic.indicators.should be_empty
+        topic.indicators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should create a Topic and give back this Topic if argument is a String (ii, starting with '^') and no Topic has this String as subject locator" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic = @tm.get!("^" + string)          
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.item.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic.locators.should be_empty
+        topic.indicators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (ii, starting with 'ii:') and and a Topic which has this String as subject identifier already exists" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic1 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        topic2 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))    
+        @tm.get!("ii:" + string).should == topic2
+        topic2.item.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.indicators.size.should == 1
+        topic2.indicators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.locators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic if argument is a String (ii, starting with '^') and and a Topic which has this String as subject identifier already exists" do
+        string = "get-test"
+        topic1 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator(@tm.create_locator(string))
+        topic2 = @tm.create_topic_by_subject_identifier(@tm.create_locator(string))    
+        @tm.get!("^" + string).should == topic2
+        topic2.item.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.indicators.size.should == 1
+        topic2.indicators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + string)
+        topic2.locators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should create a Topic (with si) if argument is a Locator and no Topic has this Locator as si or ii" do
+        locator = @tm.create_locator("si")
+        @tm.create_topic_by_subject_locator(locator)
+        topic = @tm.get!(locator)
+        topic.locators.should be_empty
+        topic.item.should be_nil
+        topic.indicators.size.should == 1
+        topic.indicators.first.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + "si")
+      end
+      it "should give back a Topic (with si) if argument is a Locator and a Topic has this Locator as ii" do
+        locator = @tm.create_locator("si")
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by_item_identifier(locator)
+        @tm.get!(locator).should == topic
+        topic.locators.should be_empty
+        topic.item.should == ("http://www.topicmapslab.de/" + "si")
+        topic.indicators.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should allow to create/get several Topics wheras some already exist and others not" do 
+        array = ["dummy_si",@tm.create_locator("something"),"sl:Hans"]
+        @tm.get!(array).size.should == array.size
+        #TODO
+        #@tm.get!("")
+        @tm.get!(array).should == array.map{|i| @tm.get!(i)}
+      end
+      it "should handle identifier which are qnames (get!)" do
+        @tm.add_prefix("x","http://www.test.de/x/")
+        @tm.add_prefix("y","http://www.test.de/y/")
+        topic = @tm.get!("x:something")
+        topic.indicators.should include "http://www.test.de/x/something"
+        topic2 = @tm.get!("sl:y:something")
+        topic2.locators.should include "http://www.test.de/y/something"
+      end
+    end
+    
+    describe "#create_locator" do
+      it "should handle identifier which are qnames (create_locator)" do
+        identifier = "x"
+        reference = "http://www.test.de/"
+        @tm.add_prefix(identifier, reference)
+        topic = @tm.create_topic_by(identifier + ":" + "something")
+        topic.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic.indicators.should include(reference + "something")
+      end
+      it "should use the base_iri to create absolute IRIS" do
+        @tm.create_locator("xxx").value.should == (@tm.base_iri + "xxx")
+      end
+      it "should use the base_iri + # to create absolute IRIs if base_iri does not end with a /"
+      it "should only create Locators out of absolute IRIs"
+    end
+    
+    describe "#occurrence_types" do
+      it "should allow to crate a topic " do
+        @tm.get!("foo:bar")["myoccurene"] = "hallo"
+        @tm.get!("foo:bar")["myoccurenex"] = "hallo"
+      end
+    end
+    
+    describe "#name_types" do
+      it "should give the org::tmapi::index::TypeInstanceIndex.getNameTypes" do
+        @tm.name_types.should == @tm.type_instance_index.getNameTypes
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "#instances" do
+      before(:each) do
+        @t1, @t2, @t3, @t4, @t5, @t6 = @tm.get!(["t1","t2", "t3", "t4", "t5", "t6"])
+      end
+      it "should give back all instances in the topic map when called without type without duplicates" do
+        @t1.add_types(@t2, @t3)
+        @t4.add_type(@t5)
+        @t6.add_types(@t1, @t4)
+        @tm.instances.size.should == 3
+        @tm.instances.should include(@t1, @t4, @t6)
+      end
+      it "should give back all instances of the specified type" do
+        @a,@b,@c,@d,@e,@f = @tm.get!(["a","b","c","d","e","f"])
+        @a.add_type(@b)
+        @d.add_type(@f)
+        @e.add_type(@f)
+        @tm.instances(@b).size.should == 1
+        @tm.instances("b").should include(@a)
+        ###
+        @tm.instances(@f).size.should == 2
+        @tm.instances("f").should include(@d,@e)
+        ###
+        @tm.instances(@c).should be_empty
+        @tm.instances("c").should be_empty
+        ###
+        @tm.instances("not_existing").should be_empty
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "#children" do
+      it "should give back an Array of all Associations and Topics contained in the TopicMap" do
+        topic1 = @tm.create_topic_by("topic1")
+        topic2 = @tm.create_topic_by("topic2")
+        assoc_type1 = @tm.create_topic_by("asso1")
+        assoc_type2 = @tm.create_topic_by("asso2")
+        assoc1 = @tm.create_association(assoc_type1)
+        assoc2 = @tm.create_association(assoc_type2)
+        topic1.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        topic2.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Topic
+        assoc1.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc2.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        @tm.children.size.should == 6
+        @tm.children.should include(topic1)
+        @tm.children.should include(topic2)
+        @tm.children.should include(assoc_type1)
+        @tm.children.should include(assoc_type2)
+        @tm.children.should include(assoc1)
+        @tm.children.should include(assoc2)
+      end
+    end
+    
+    describe "#create_association" do
+      it "should create an association (in the unconstrained scope) with given type if type is a String" do
+        assoc = @tm.create_association("assoc_type")
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.type.should == @tm.get("assoc_type")
+        assoc.scope.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should create an association (in the unconstrained scope) with given type if type is a Locator" do
+        locator = @tm.create_locator("assoc_type")
+        assoc = @tm.create_association(locator)
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.type.should == @tm.get("assoc_type")
+        assoc.scope.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should create an association (in the unconstrained scope) with given type if type is a Topic" do
+        assoc_type = @tm.get!("assoc_type")
+        assoc = @tm.create_association(assoc_type)
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.type.should == assoc_type
+        assoc.scope.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should raise an error if if type is not a Topic or Topic-Reference" do
+        lambda{@tm.create_association(["type"])}.should raise_error
+        lambda{@tm.create_association(1)}.should raise_error
+      end
+      it "should create an association with given type and scope = empty Array" do
+        assoc = @tm.create_association("assoc_type",[])
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.type.should == @tm.get("assoc_type")
+        assoc.scope.should be_empty
+      end
+      it "should create an association with given type and scope = Array of Topic/Topic-References" do
+        locator = @tm.create_locator("theme3")
+        theme = @tm.get!("theme2")
+        assoc = @tm.create_association("assoc_type",["theme1",theme,locator])
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.type.should == @tm.get("assoc_type")
+        assoc.should have(3).scope
+        assoc.scope.should include @tm.get("theme1"), @tm.get(locator),theme
+      end
+      it "should create an association with given type and roles" do
+        assoc = @tm.create_association("Country-Capital","Capital" => "Berlin", "Country" => "Germany")
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.should have(2).roles
+        assoc.type.should == @tm.get("Country-Capital")
+        assoc.roles.map{|r| r.type}.should include @tm.get("Capital"), @tm.get("Country")
+        assoc.roles.map{|r| r.player}.should include @tm.get("Berlin"), @tm.get("Germany")
+      end
+      it "should create an association with given type, scope and roles" do
+        assoc = @tm.create_association("Country-Capital",["2008"],"Capital" => "Berlin", "Country" => "Germany")
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.should have(2).roles
+        assoc.type.should == @tm.get("Country-Capital")
+        assoc.should have(1).scope
+        assoc.scope.should include @tm.get("2008")
+        assoc.roles.map{|r| r.type}.should include @tm.get("Capital"), @tm.get("Country")
+        assoc.roles.map{|r| r.player}.should include @tm.get("Berlin"), @tm.get("Germany")
+      end
+      it "should raise an error if scope is not an Array" do
+        lambda{@tm.create_association("assoc_type","scope")}.should raise_error
+        lambda{@tm.create_association("assoc_type","scope","roletype" => "player")}.should raise_error
+      end
+      it "should raise an error if roles are not in a Hash" do
+        lambda{@tm.create_association("assoc_type","role")}.should raise_error
+        lambda{@@tm.create_association("assoc_type",["theme1", "theme2"],"role")}.should raise_error
+      end
+      it "should create an association with given type and roles with same roletype" do
+        assoc = @tm.create_association("Neighbouring_Countries","Neighbouring_Country" => ["Germany", "France"])
+        assoc.should be_a_kind_of RTM::Association
+        assoc.should have(2).roles
+        assoc.type.should == @tm.get("Neighbouring_Countries")
+        assoc.roles.map{|r| r.type}.should include @tm.get("Neighbouring_Country")
+        assoc.roles.map{|r| r.player}.should include @tm.get("France"), @tm.get("Germany")
+      end
+    end
+  end # of describe self
+  
+  describe self do
+    describe "#remove" do
+      it "should remove this TopicMap from its container" do
+        @tm = get_used_tm_sys_tm
+        @tm.remove
+        pending if implementation_for_spec == :sesametm
+        lambda{@tm.close}.should raise_error
+      end
+    end
+  end # of describe self
+  
+end #of module