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+import { defaultReceiveEndpointOptions, ReceiveEndpoint, ReceiveEndpointOptions } from '../dist/receiveEndpoint';
+import { RabbitMqHostAddress } from '../src/RabbitMqEndpointAddress';
+import { Bus } from '../dist/bus';
+import { ConfirmChannel } from 'amqplib';
+import { ChannelContext } from '../dist/channelContext';
+import { MessageType } from '../dist/messageType';
+
+describe("ReceiveEndpoint", () => {
+    let bus: jasmine.SpyObj<Bus>
+    let context: jasmine.SpyObj<ChannelContext>
+    let channel: jasmine.SpyObj<ConfirmChannel>
+
+    let receiveEndpoint: ReceiveEndpoint
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        bus = jasmine.createSpyObj('Bus', ['on'], {
+            hostAddress: new RabbitMqHostAddress({ host: '', virtualHost: '' })
+        });
+        const connection = jasmine.createSpyObj('Connection', ['createConfirmChannel']);
+        channel = jasmine.createSpyObj('ConfirmChannel', [
+            'on',
+            'prefetch',
+            'consume',
+            'assertExchange',
+            'assertQueue',
+            'bindQueue',
+            'bindExchange'
+        ])
+        channel.assertQueue.and.returnValue({queue: '', messageCount: 0, consumerCount: 0} as any)
+        channel.consume.and.returnValue({ consumerTag: '' } as any)
+        context = jasmine.createSpyObj('ChannelContext', [], {
+            channel
+        })
+        connection.createConfirmChannel.and.returnValue(channel)
+    })
+
+    it("should configure default prefetch on connect", async () => {
+        createReceiveEndpoint()
+
+        await callOnChannel()
+
+        expect(channel.prefetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(defaultReceiveEndpointOptions.prefetchCount, defaultReceiveEndpointOptions.globalPrefetch)
+    })
+
+    describe("should configure prefetch on connect", () => {
+        const testCases: [number, boolean][] = [
+            [1, false],
+            [1, true],
+            [5, true]
+        ]
+        for (const [prefetchCount, globalPrefetch] of testCases) {
+            it(`(${prefetchCount}, ${globalPrefetch})`, async () => {
+                const options = {
+                    ...defaultReceiveEndpointOptions,
+                    prefetchCount,
+                    globalPrefetch
+                }
+                createReceiveEndpoint('', options)
+
+                await callOnChannel()
+
+                expect(channel.prefetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(prefetchCount, globalPrefetch)
+            })
+        }
+    })
+
+    describe("should assertExchange on connect", () => {
+        const testCases: string[] = ["queue name", "another queue"]
+        for (const queueName of testCases) {
+            it(`(${queueName})`, async () => {
+                createReceiveEndpoint(queueName)
+
+                await callOnChannel()
+
+                expect(channel.assertExchange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(queueName, 'fanout', defaultReceiveEndpointOptions)
+            })
+        }
+    })
+
+    describe("should assertQueue on connect", () => {
+        const testCases: string[] = ["queue name", "another queue"]
+        for (const queueName of testCases) {
+            it(`(${queueName})`, async () => {
+                createReceiveEndpoint(queueName)
+
+                await callOnChannel()
+
+                expect(channel.assertQueue).toHaveBeenCalledWith(queueName, defaultReceiveEndpointOptions)
+            })
+        }
+    })
+
+    describe("should bindQueue on connect", () => {
+        const testCases: string[] = ["queue name", "another queue"]
+        for (const queueName of testCases) {
+            it(`(${queueName})`, async () => {
+                createReceiveEndpoint(queueName)
+
+                await callOnChannel()
+
+                expect(channel.bindQueue).toHaveBeenCalledWith(queueName, queueName, '')
+            })
+        }
+    })
+
+    describe("should bind exchanges for every event bound via handle", () => {
+        const testCases: [string, MessageType][] = [
+            ["queue name", new MessageType("Event")],
+            ["another queue", new MessageType("Message", "Contract")]
+        ]
+        for (const [queueName, messageType] of testCases) {
+            it(`(${queueName})`, async () => {
+                createReceiveEndpoint(queueName)
+                receiveEndpoint.handle(messageType, jasmine.createSpy())
+
+                await callOnChannel()
+
+                expect(channel.bindExchange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(queueName, messageType.toExchange(), '')
+            })
+        }
+    })
+
+    async function callOnChannel(): Promise<void> {
+        // TODO: this is a hack so we can actually test the channel setup
+        await (receiveEndpoint as any).onChannel(context);
+    }
+
+    function createReceiveEndpoint(queueName: string = '', options?: ReceiveEndpointOptions) {
+        receiveEndpoint = new ReceiveEndpoint(bus, queueName, undefined, options)
+    }
+})
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