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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import unittest
+
+"""
+Tests that ElementMaker works properly.
+"""
+
+import sys, os.path
+from lxml import etree
+from lxml.builder import E
+
+try:
+    import cStringIO
+    StringIO = cStringIO.StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from io import StringIO
+
+this_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+if this_dir not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, this_dir) # needed for Py3
+
+from common_imports import HelperTestCase
+
+class BuilderTestCase(HelperTestCase):
+    etree = etree
+
+    def test_build_from_xpath_result(self):
+        elem = etree.parse(StringIO('<root><node>text</node></root>'))
+        wrapped = E.b(elem.xpath('string(node)'))
+        self.assertEquals(b'<b>text</b>', etree.tostring(wrapped))
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
+    suite.addTests([unittest.makeSuite(BuilderTestCase)])
+    return suite
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print('to test use test.py %s' % __file__)