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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 Stavros Lekkas
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package com.github.rholder.retry;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Timer;
+import java.util.TimerTask;
+
+public class BlockStrategiesTest {
+
+    public static final long blockingTimeMs = 1000L;
+
+    @Test(timeout= 2 * BlockStrategiesTest.blockingTimeMs)
+    public void testThreadSleepStrategyBlock() {
+        final Timer timer = new Timer(true);
+        try {
+            final Thread current = Thread.currentThread();
+            timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    current.interrupt();
+                }
+            }, blockingTimeMs - 1);
+            BlockStrategies.threadSleepStrategy().block(blockingTimeMs);
+            Assert.fail("Block strategy did not block");
+        } catch (final InterruptedException ignored) {
+        } finally {
+            timer.cancel();
+        }
+    }
+}
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