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+/**
+ * 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 realis_test
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/paypal/gorealis"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+var backoff realis.Backoff = realis.Backoff{ // Reduce penalties for this test to make it quick
+	Steps:    5,
+	Duration: 1 * time.Second,
+	Factor:   1.0,
+	Jitter:   0.1}
+
+// Test for behavior when no endpoints are given to the ZK leader finding function.
+func TestZKNoEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := realis.LeaderFromZKOpts()
+
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+// Test for behavior when no path is given to the ZK leader finding function.
+func TestZKNoPath(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := realis.LeaderFromZKOpts(realis.ZKEndpoints("127.0.0.1:2181"))
+
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+// Test for behavior when a valid but non-existent path is given to the ZK leader finding function.
+func TestZKPathDoesntExist(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := realis.LeaderFromZKOpts(realis.ZKEndpoints("127.0.0.1:2181"),
+		realis.ZKPath("/somepath"),
+		realis.ZKBackoff(backoff),
+		realis.ZKLogger(log.New(os.Stdout, "realis-debug: ", log.Ldate)))
+
+	assert.True(t, realis.IsTimeout(err), "a non-existent path should result in a timeout behaving error")
+
+	retryErr := realis.ToRetryCount(err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, retryErr, "conversion to retry error failed")
+	assert.Equal(t, backoff.Steps, retryErr.RetryCount(), "retry count is off")
+}
+
+// Test for behavior when an invalid Zookeeper path is passed. Should fail right away.
+func TestZKBadPath(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := realis.LeaderFromZKOpts(realis.ZKEndpoints("127.0.0.1:2181"),
+		realis.ZKPath("invalidpath"),
+		realis.ZKBackoff(backoff),
+		realis.ZKLogger(log.New(os.Stdout, "realis-debug: ", log.Ldate)))
+
+	assert.False(t, realis.IsTimeout(err), "a bad path should result in a NON-timeout behaving error")
+}