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+use lib 't';
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1;  
+	use Test;
+	plan tests => 7;
+}
+
+use MultiTestDB;
+use Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::ArchiveStableIdAdaptor;
+use TestUtils qw(test_getter_setter debug);
+
+our $verbose = 0;
+
+
+#
+# 1 ArchiveStableId adaptor compiles
+#
+ok(1);
+
+my $multi = MultiTestDB->new;
+my $db    = $multi->get_DBAdaptor('core');
+
+my $asia = $db->get_ArchiveStableIdAdaptor();
+
+my $asi = $asia->fetch_by_stable_id( "G1" );
+
+_print_asi( $asi );
+
+#
+# 2 retrieval of an archiveStableId
+#
+ok( $asi );
+
+my $pre_asis = $asi->get_all_predecessors();
+
+for my $asi ( @$pre_asis ) {
+  debug( "Pre G1" );
+  _print_asi( $asi );
+}
+
+
+#
+# 3 how many predecessors does it have
+#
+ok( scalar( @$pre_asis ) == 2 );
+
+my $transcripts = $pre_asis->[0]->get_all_transcript_archive_ids();
+
+for my $asi ( @$transcripts ) {
+  debug( "Transcripts G1" );
+  _print_asi( $asi );
+  
+  my $tl = $asi->get_translation_archive_id();
+  _print_asi( $tl );
+}
+
+#
+# 4 transcripts for a gene
+#
+ok( scalar( @$transcripts ) == 1);
+
+
+
+$pre_asis = $pre_asis->[0]->get_all_predecessors();
+debug( "Predecessors: ".scalar( @$pre_asis ) );
+
+
+#
+# 5 no predecessor case
+#
+ok( scalar( @$pre_asis ) == 0 );
+
+$asi = $asia->fetch_by_stable_id_dbname( "G4", "release_1" );
+my $succ_asis = $asi->get_all_successors();
+ 
+for my $asi ( @$succ_asis ) {
+  debug( "Succ G4.1" );
+  _print_asi( $asi );
+}
+
+#
+# 6 successor case
+#
+ok( scalar( @$succ_asis ) == 1 );
+
+$succ_asis = $succ_asis->[0]->get_all_successors();
+
+for my $asi ( @$succ_asis ) {
+  debug( "Succ Succ G4.1" );
+  _print_asi( $asi );
+}
+
+
+#
+# 7 no successor case
+#
+
+ok( scalar( @$succ_asis ) == 0 );
+
+
+
+sub _print_asi {
+  my $asi = shift;
+
+  debug( "stable id: ".$asi->stable_id().
+	 "\nversion: ".$asi->version().
+	 "\ntype: ".$asi->type().
+	 "\ndbname: ".$asi->db_name().
+	 "\nTranscripts ".($asi->get_all_transcript_archive_ids()||"").
+	 "\nTranslation ".($asi->get_translation_archive_id()||"").
+	 "\nPeptide ".($asi->get_peptide()||"")."\n" );
+}
+