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+//
+// Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+#ifndef UPDATE_ENGINE_COMMON_MOCK_ACTION_H_
+#define UPDATE_ENGINE_COMMON_MOCK_ACTION_H_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include <gmock/gmock.h>
+
+#include "update_engine/common/action.h"
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+class MockAction;
+
+template <>
+class ActionTraits<MockAction> {
+ public:
+  typedef NoneType OutputObjectType;
+  typedef NoneType InputObjectType;
+};
+
+class MockAction : public Action<MockAction> {
+ public:
+  MockAction() {
+    ON_CALL(*this, Type()).WillByDefault(testing::Return("MockAction"));
+  }
+
+  MOCK_METHOD0(PerformAction, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD0(TerminateProcessing, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD0(SuspendAction, void());
+  MOCK_METHOD0(ResumeAction, void());
+  MOCK_CONST_METHOD0(Type, std::string());
+};
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
+
+#endif  // UPDATE_ENGINE_COMMON_MOCK_ACTION_H_