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+import { tap, expect } from '@pushrocks/tapbundle';
+import { Qenv } from '@pushrocks/qenv';
+
+const testQenv = new Qenv(process.cwd(), process.cwd() + '/.nogit/');
+
+console.log(process.memoryUsage());
+
+// the tested module
+import * as smartdata from '../ts/index';
+
+import * as mongoPlugin from 'mongodb-memory-server';
+import { smartunique } from '../ts/smartdata.plugins';
+
+// =======================================
+// Connecting to the database server
+// =======================================
+
+let testDb: smartdata.SmartdataDb;
+let smartdataOptions: smartdata.IMongoDescriptor;
+let mongod: mongoPlugin.MongoMemoryServer;
+
+const totalCars = 2000;
+
+tap.skip.test('should create a testinstance as database', async () => {
+  mongod = new mongoPlugin.MongoMemoryServer({});
+  console.log('created mongod instance');
+  await mongod._startUpInstance().catch((err) => {
+    console.log(err);
+  });
+  console.log('mongod started');
+  smartdataOptions = {
+    mongoDbName: await mongod.getDbName(),
+    mongoDbPass: '',
+    mongoDbUrl: await mongod.getUri(),
+  };
+  console.log(smartdataOptions);
+  testDb = new smartdata.SmartdataDb(smartdataOptions);
+});
+
+tap.test('should connect to atlas', async (tools) => {
+  const databaseName = `test-smartdata-${smartunique.shortId()}`;
+  testDb = new smartdata.SmartdataDb({
+    mongoDbUrl: testQenv.getEnvVarOnDemand('MONGO_URL'),
+    mongoDbName: databaseName,
+  });
+});
+
+tap.test('should establish a connection to mongod', async () => {
+  await testDb.init();
+});
+
+// =======================================
+// The actual tests
+// =======================================
+
+// ------
+// Collections
+// ------
+class CarTemplate extends smartdata.SmartDataDbDoc<CarTemplate, CarTemplate> {
+  @smartdata.unI()
+  public index: string = smartunique.shortId();
+
+  @smartdata.svDb()
+  public color: string;
+
+  @smartdata.svDb()
+  public brand: string;
+
+  @smartdata.svDb()
+  deepData = {
+    sodeep: 'yes',
+  };
+
+  constructor(colorArg: string, brandArg: string) {
+    super();
+    this.color = colorArg;
+    this.brand = brandArg;
+  }
+}
+
+const createCarClass = (dbArg: smartdata.SmartdataDb) => {
+  console.log(this);
+  @smartdata.Collection(() => {
+    return dbArg;
+  })
+  class Car extends CarTemplate {};
+  return Car;
+};
+
+tap.test('should prodice a car', async () => {
+  const CarClass = createCarClass(testDb);
+  const carInstance = new CarClass('red', 'Mercedes');
+  await carInstance.save();
+});
+
+// =======================================
+// close the database connection
+// =======================================
+tap.test('should close the database connection', async (tools) => {
+  await testDb.mongoDb.dropDatabase();
+  await testDb.close();
+  try {
+    await mongod.stop();
+  } catch (e) {}
+});
+
+tap.start({ throwOnError: true });