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+/*
+ * =============================================================================
+ * 
+ *   Copyright (c) 2011-2016, The THYMELEAF team (http://www.thymeleaf.org)
+ * 
+ *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *   limitations under the License.
+ * 
+ * =============================================================================
+ */
+package org.thymeleaf.templateengine.springintegration.util;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.thymeleaf.spring5.util.SpringExpressionUtils;
+
+
+public final class SpringExpressionUtilsTest {
+
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testcontainsSpELInstantiationOrStatic() {
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abcnew"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abcnew "));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc3new "));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc_new "));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc$new "));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc-new "));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc new "));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc.new "));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc newnew"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abcnew ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc new ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc new w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc new w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc (new )w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc (new)w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("abc +new )w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("new "));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("new "));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("newnew"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("new ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("new w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("new w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("(new )w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("(new)w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("+new )w ewnew"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("!new )w ewnew"));
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T()"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a)"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a.b.SomeClass)"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a.b.SomenewClass)"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a.b.Some Class)"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a.b.Some newClass)"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a.b.Some new Class)"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a.b.Some newClass)new"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("T(a.b.Some newClass)new "));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("newT(a.b.Some newClass)new"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("aT(a.b.Some newClass)a"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a T(a.b.Some newClass) a"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic(" aT(a.b.Some newClass)a "));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a-T(a.b.SomeClass)a"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("aT(a.b.SomeClass)a"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a T(a.b.SomeClass) a"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic(" aT(a.b.SomeClass)a "));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic(" a T(a.b.SomeClass)a "));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a T(a.b.SomeClass) a T(a.b.Some Class)"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a T(a.b.Some Class) a T(a.b.SomeClass)"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a T(a.b.Some Class) a T(a.b.Some Class)"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a T(a.b.SomeClass) )"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(SpringExpressionUtils.containsSpELInstantiationOrStatic("a T(a.b.SomeClass))"));
+
+    }
+
+}