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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Copyright 2019 Koha Development team
+#
+# This file is part of Koha
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Koha; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+use Koha::Items;
+use Koha::Database;
+
+use t::lib::TestBuilder;
+use t::lib::Mocks;
+
+my $schema = Koha::Database->new->schema;
+my $builder = t::lib::TestBuilder->new;
+
+subtest 'pending_hold() tests' => sub {
+
+ plan tests => 3;
+
+ $schema->storage->txn_begin;
+
+ my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+ my $item = $builder->build_sample_item({ itemlost => 0 });
+ my $itemnumber = $item->itemnumber;
+
+ # disable AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout as it ignores pending holds
+ t::lib::Mocks::mock_preference( 'AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout', 0 );
+ $dbh->do("INSERT INTO tmp_holdsqueue (surname,borrowernumber,itemnumber) VALUES ('Clamp',42,$itemnumber)");
+ ok( $item->pending_hold, "Yes, we have a pending hold");
+ t::lib::Mocks::mock_preference( 'AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout', 1 );
+ ok( !$item->pending_hold, "We don't consider a pending hold if hold items can be checked out");
+ t::lib::Mocks::mock_preference( 'AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout', 0 );
+ $dbh->do("DELETE FROM tmp_holdsqueue WHERE itemnumber=$itemnumber");
+ ok( !$item->pending_hold, "We don't have a pending hold if nothing in the tmp_holdsqueue");
+};