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+# coding=utf-8
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Martin Owens
+#
+# This program 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 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#
+"""
+SVG specific utilities for tests.
+"""
+
+from lxml import etree
+
+from inkex import SVG_PARSER
+
+def svg(svg_attrs=''):
+    """Returns xml etree based on a simple SVG element.
+
+       svg_attrs: A string containing attributes to add to the
+           root <svg> element of a minimal SVG document.
+    """
+    return etree.fromstring(str.encode(
+        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>'
+        '<svg {}></svg>'.format(svg_attrs)), parser=SVG_PARSER)
+
+
+def uu_svg(user_unit):
+    """Same as svg, but takes a user unit for the new document.
+
+    It's based on the ratio between the SVG width and the viewBox width.
+    """
+    return svg('width="1{}" viewBox="0 0 1 1"'.format(user_unit))
+
+def svg_file(filename):
+    """Parse an svg file and return it's document root"""
+    with open(filename, 'r') as fhl:
+        doc = etree.parse(fhl, parser=SVG_PARSER)
+        return doc.getroot()