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+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+#include "DriverTestHelpers.hpp"
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include "../SystemPropertiesUtils.hpp"
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(SystemProperiesTests)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SystemProperties)
+{
+    // Test default value
+    {
+        auto p = __system_property_find("thisDoesNotExist");
+        BOOST_TEST((p == nullptr));
+
+        int defaultValue = ParseSystemProperty("thisDoesNotExist", -4);
+        BOOST_TEST((defaultValue == -4));
+    }
+
+    //  Test default value from bad data type
+    {
+        __system_property_set("thisIsNotFloat", "notfloat");
+        float defaultValue = ParseSystemProperty("thisIsNotFloat", 0.1f);
+        BOOST_TEST((defaultValue == 0.1f));
+    }
+
+    // Test fetching bool values
+    {
+        __system_property_set("myTestBool", "1");
+        bool b = ParseSystemProperty("myTestBool", false);
+        BOOST_TEST((b == true));
+    }
+    {
+        __system_property_set("myTestBool", "0");
+        bool b = ParseSystemProperty("myTestBool", true);
+        BOOST_TEST((b == false));
+    }
+
+    // Test fetching int
+    {
+        __system_property_set("myTestInt", "567");
+        int i = ParseSystemProperty("myTestInt", 890);
+        BOOST_TEST((i==567));
+    }
+
+    // Test fetching float
+    {
+        __system_property_set("myTestFloat", "1.2f");
+        float f = ParseSystemProperty("myTestFloat", 3.4f);
+        BOOST_TEST((f==1.2f));
+    }
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()