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+"""
+Module with tests for the svg2pdf transformer
+"""
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
+from IPython.nbformat import current as nbformat
+
+from .base import TransformerTestsBase
+from ..svg2pdf import SVG2PDFTransformer
+
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Class
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Testsvg2pdf(TransformerTestsBase):
+    """Contains test functions for svg2pdf.py"""
+
+    simple_svg = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
+<svg
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   version="1.0"
+   x="0.00000000"
+   y="0.00000000"
+   width="500.00000"
+   height="500.00000"
+   id="svg2">
+  <defs
+     id="defs4" />
+  <g
+     id="layer1">
+    <rect
+       width="300.00000"
+       height="300.00000"
+       x="100.00000"
+       y="100.00000"
+       style="opacity:1.0000000;fill:none;fill-opacity:1.0000000;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:8.0000000;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:4.0000000;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0.00000000;stroke-opacity:1.0000000"
+       id="rect5719" />
+  </g>
+</svg>"""
+
+    def build_notebook(self):
+        """Build a reveal slides notebook in memory for use with tests.  
+        Overrides base in TransformerTestsBase"""
+
+        outputs = [nbformat.new_output(output_type="svg", output_svg=self.simple_svg)]
+        
+        slide_metadata = {'slideshow' : {'slide_type': 'slide'}}
+        subslide_metadata = {'slideshow' : {'slide_type': 'subslide'}}
+
+        cells=[nbformat.new_code_cell(input="", prompt_number=1, outputs=outputs)]
+        worksheets = [nbformat.new_worksheet(name="worksheet1", cells=cells)]
+
+        return nbformat.new_notebook(name="notebook1", worksheets=worksheets)
+
+
+    def test_constructor(self):
+        """Can a SVG2PDFTransformer be constructed?"""
+        transformer = SVG2PDFTransformer()
+        transformer.enabled = True
+        return transformer
+    
+
+    @dec.onlyif_cmds_exist('inkscape')
+    def test_output(self):
+        """Test the output of the SVG2PDFTransformer"""
+        nb, res = self.test_constructor()(self.build_notebook(), self.build_resources())
+        assert 'svg' in nb.worksheets[0].cells[0].outputs[0]