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+"""Helper classes for tests."""
+
+import unittest
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from bs4.element import Comment, SoupStrainer
+from bs4.builder import LXMLTreeBuilder
+
+class SoupTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @property
+    def default_builder(self):
+        return LXMLTreeBuilder()
+
+    def soup(self, markup, **kwargs):
+        """Build a Beautiful Soup object from markup."""
+        builder = kwargs.pop('builder', self.default_builder)
+        return BeautifulSoup(markup, builder=builder, **kwargs)
+
+    def document_for(self, markup):
+        """Turn an HTML fragment into a document.
+
+        The details depend on the builder.
+        """
+        return self.default_builder.test_fragment_to_document(markup)
+
+    def assertSoupEquals(self, to_parse, compare_parsed_to=None):
+        builder = self.default_builder
+        obj = BeautifulSoup(to_parse, builder=builder)
+        if compare_parsed_to is None:
+            compare_parsed_to = to_parse
+
+        self.assertEquals(obj.decode(), self.document_for(compare_parsed_to))
+
+
+
+
+