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+
+/*global define,describe,beforeEach,it,jasmine,expect,spyOn */
+define([
+    '../../src/policies/MovePolicy',
+    '../DomainObjectFactory'
+], function (MovePolicy, domainObjectFactory) {
+    'use strict';
+
+    describe("MovePolicy", function () {
+        var testMetadata,
+            testContext,
+            mockDomainObject,
+            mockParent,
+            mockParentType,
+            mockType,
+            mockAction,
+            policy;
+
+        beforeEach(function () {
+            var mockContextCapability =
+                    jasmine.createSpyObj('context', ['getParent']);
+
+            mockType =
+                jasmine.createSpyObj('type', ['hasFeature']);
+            mockParentType =
+                jasmine.createSpyObj('parent-type', ['hasFeature']);
+
+
+            testMetadata = {};
+
+            mockDomainObject = domainObjectFactory({
+                capabilities: {
+                    context: mockContextCapability,
+                    type: mockType
+                }
+            });
+            mockParent = domainObjectFactory({
+                capabilities: {
+                    type: mockParentType
+                }
+            });
+
+            mockContextCapability.getParent.andReturn(mockParent);
+
+            mockType.hasFeature.andCallFake(function (feature) {
+                return feature === 'creation';
+            });
+            mockParentType.hasFeature.andCallFake(function (feature) {
+                return feature === 'creation';
+            });
+
+            mockAction = jasmine.createSpyObj('action', ['getMetadata']);
+            mockAction.getMetadata.andReturn(testMetadata);
+
+            testContext = { domainObject: mockDomainObject };
+
+            policy = new MovePolicy();
+        });
+
+        describe("for move actions", function () {
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                testMetadata.key = 'move';
+            });
+
+            describe("when an object is non-modifiable", function () {
+                beforeEach(function () {
+                    mockType.hasFeature.andReturn(false);
+                });
+
+                it("disallows the action", function () {
+                    expect(policy.allow(mockAction, testContext)).toBe(false);
+                });
+            });
+
+            describe("when a parent is non-modifiable", function () {
+                beforeEach(function () {
+                    mockParentType.hasFeature.andReturn(false);
+                });
+
+                it("disallows the action", function () {
+                    expect(policy.allow(mockAction, testContext)).toBe(false);
+                });
+            });
+
+            describe("when an object and its parent are modifiable", function () {
+                it("allows the action", function () {
+                    expect(policy.allow(mockAction, testContext)).toBe(true);
+                });
+            });
+        });
+
+        describe("for other actions", function () {
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                testMetadata.key = 'foo';
+            });
+
+            it("simply allows the action", function () {
+                expect(policy.allow(mockAction, testContext)).toBe(true);
+                mockType.hasFeature.andReturn(false);
+                expect(policy.allow(mockAction, testContext)).toBe(true);
+                mockParentType.hasFeature.andReturn(false);
+                expect(policy.allow(mockAction, testContext)).toBe(true);
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});