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+goog.provide('ol.test.pointer.PointerEventHandler');
+
+describe('ol.test.pointer.PointerEventHandler', function() {
+  var handler;
+  var target;
+  var eventSpy;
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    target = goog.dom.createElement(goog.dom.TagName.DIV);
+
+    // make sure that a mouse event source is used
+    ol.BrowserFeature.HAS_POINTER = false;
+    ol.BrowserFeature.HAS_MSPOINTER = false;
+
+    handler = new ol.pointer.PointerEventHandler(target);
+    eventSpy = sinon.spy();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(function() {
+    handler.dispose();
+  });
+
+
+  describe('constructor', function() {
+    it('registers a least one event source', function() {
+      expect(handler.eventSourceList_.length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+      expect(handler.eventSourceList_[0]).to.be.a(ol.pointer.MouseSource);
+    });
+  });
+
+  function simulateEvent(type, x, y) {
+    var event = new goog.events.BrowserEvent({
+      type: type,
+      clientX: x,
+      clientY: y,
+      target: target
+    });
+    goog.events.fireListeners(target, type, false, event);
+  }
+
+  describe('pointer down', function() {
+    it('fires pointerdown events', function() {
+      goog.events.listen(handler, 'pointerdown', eventSpy);
+      simulateEvent('mousedown', 0, 0);
+      expect(eventSpy.calledOnce).to.be.ok();
+
+      var pointerEvent = eventSpy.firstCall.args[0];
+      expect(pointerEvent).to.be.a(ol.pointer.PointerEvent);
+      expect(pointerEvent.type).to.be('pointerdown');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('pointer up', function() {
+    it('fires pointerup events', function() {
+      goog.events.listen(handler, 'pointerup', eventSpy);
+      simulateEvent('mousedown', 0, 0);
+      simulateEvent('mouseup', 0, 0);
+      expect(eventSpy.calledOnce).to.be.ok();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('pointer move', function() {
+    it('fires pointermove events', function() {
+      goog.events.listen(handler, 'pointermove', eventSpy);
+      simulateEvent('mousemove', 0, 0);
+      expect(eventSpy.calledOnce).to.be.ok();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('pointer enter and over', function() {
+    it('fires pointerenter and pointerover events', function() {
+      var enterEventSpy = sinon.spy();
+      var overEventSpy = sinon.spy();
+
+      goog.events.listen(handler, 'pointerenter', enterEventSpy);
+      goog.events.listen(handler, 'pointerover', overEventSpy);
+
+      simulateEvent('mouseover', 0, 0);
+
+      expect(enterEventSpy.calledOnce).to.be.ok();
+      expect(overEventSpy.calledOnce).to.be.ok();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('pointer leave and out', function() {
+    it('fires pointerleave and pointerout events', function() {
+      var leaveEventSpy = sinon.spy();
+      var outEventSpy = sinon.spy();
+
+      goog.events.listen(handler, 'pointerleave', leaveEventSpy);
+      goog.events.listen(handler, 'pointerout', outEventSpy);
+
+      simulateEvent('mouseout', 0, 0);
+
+      expect(leaveEventSpy.calledOnce).to.be.ok();
+      expect(outEventSpy.calledOnce).to.be.ok();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('#cloneEvent', function() {
+    it('copies the properties of an event', function() {
+      var event = {
+        type: 'mousedown',
+        target: target,
+        clientX: 1,
+        clientY: 2
+      };
+      var browserEvent = new goog.events.BrowserEvent(event);
+
+      var eventClone = handler.cloneEvent(browserEvent, event);
+
+      // properties are copied from `event`
+      expect(eventClone.type).to.be('mousedown');
+      expect(eventClone.target).to.be(target);
+      expect(eventClone.clientX).to.be(1);
+      expect(eventClone.clientY).to.be(2);
+
+      // properties are copied from `browserEvent`
+      expect(eventClone.screenX).to.be(0);
+      expect(eventClone.screenY).to.be(0);
+
+      // properties are copied from the defaults
+      expect(eventClone.pointerId).to.be(0);
+      expect(eventClone.pressure).to.be(0);
+
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('#makeEvent', function() {
+    it('makes a new pointer event', function() {
+      var event = {
+        type: 'mousedown',
+        target: target,
+        clientX: 1,
+        clientY: 2
+      };
+      var browserEvent = new goog.events.BrowserEvent(event);
+
+      var eventClone = handler.cloneEvent(browserEvent, event);
+      var pointerEvent = handler.makeEvent('pointerdown',
+          eventClone, browserEvent);
+
+      expect(pointerEvent.type).to.be('pointerdown');
+      expect(pointerEvent.clientX).to.be(1);
+      expect(pointerEvent.clientY).to.be(2);
+
+      expect(pointerEvent.screenX).to.be(0);
+      expect(pointerEvent.screenY).to.be(0);
+
+      expect(pointerEvent.pointerId).to.be(0);
+      expect(pointerEvent.pressure).to.be(0);
+
+      expect(pointerEvent.preventDefault).to.be.ok();
+
+      expect(pointerEvent).to.be.a(ol.pointer.PointerEvent);
+    });
+  });
+
+});
+
+goog.require('goog.dom');
+goog.require('goog.dom.TagName');
+goog.require('goog.events');
+goog.require('goog.events.BrowserEvent');
+goog.require('ol.BrowserFeature');
+goog.require('ol.pointer.MouseSource');
+goog.require('ol.pointer.PointerEvent');
+goog.require('ol.pointer.PointerEventHandler');