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-/*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
- *
- * 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
- *
- *      https://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.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure;
-
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.tracing.MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.wavefront.WavefrontAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cassandra.CassandraAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.cassandra.CassandraDataAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchRepositoriesAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.mongo.MongoDataAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.mongo.MongoReactiveDataAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.neo4j.Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.neo4j.Neo4jRepositoriesAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.redis.RedisAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.redis.RedisRepositoriesAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.flyway.FlywayAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.neo4j.Neo4jAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.util.ApplicationContextTestUtils;
-import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-
-/**
- * Test for application hierarchies created using {@link SpringApplicationBuilder}.
- *
- * @author Dave Syer
- */
-class SpringApplicationHierarchyTests {
-
-	private ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
-
-	@AfterEach
-	void after() {
-		ApplicationContextTestUtils.closeAll(this.context);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void testParent() {
-		SpringApplicationBuilder builder = new SpringApplicationBuilder(Child.class);
-		builder.parent(Parent.class);
-		this.context = builder.run("--server.port=0", "--management.metrics.use-global-registry=false");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void testChild() {
-		SpringApplicationBuilder builder = new SpringApplicationBuilder(Parent.class);
-		builder.child(Child.class);
-		this.context = builder.run("--server.port=0", "--management.metrics.use-global-registry=false");
-	}
-
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude = { ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration.class,
-			ElasticsearchRepositoriesAutoConfiguration.class, CassandraAutoConfiguration.class,
-			CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.class, MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration.class,
-			MongoDataAutoConfiguration.class, MongoReactiveDataAutoConfiguration.class, Neo4jAutoConfiguration.class,
-			Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration.class, Neo4jRepositoriesAutoConfiguration.class, RedisAutoConfiguration.class,
-			RedisRepositoriesAutoConfiguration.class, FlywayAutoConfiguration.class, MetricsAutoConfiguration.class,
-			WavefrontAutoConfiguration.class })
-	static class Parent {
-
-	}
-
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude = { ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration.class,
-			ElasticsearchRepositoriesAutoConfiguration.class, CassandraAutoConfiguration.class,
-			CassandraDataAutoConfiguration.class, MicrometerTracingAutoConfiguration.class,
-			MongoDataAutoConfiguration.class, MongoReactiveDataAutoConfiguration.class, Neo4jAutoConfiguration.class,
-			Neo4jDataAutoConfiguration.class, Neo4jRepositoriesAutoConfiguration.class, RedisAutoConfiguration.class,
-			RedisRepositoriesAutoConfiguration.class, FlywayAutoConfiguration.class, MetricsAutoConfiguration.class,
-			WavefrontAutoConfiguration.class })
-	static class Child {
-
-	}
-
-}