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+/*
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.ui.preferences.br;
+
+import static org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.matchers.WidgetMatcherFactory.allOf;
+import static org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.matchers.WidgetMatcherFactory.widgetOfType;
+import static org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.matchers.WidgetMatcherFactory.withMnemonic;
+import static org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.matchers.WidgetMatcherFactory.withStyle;
+import static org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.waits.Conditions.waitForWidget;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.ILogListener;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
+import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
+import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.waits.WaitForObjectCondition;
+import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.widgets.SWTBotCheckBox;
+import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.widgets.SWTBotShell;
+import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.widgets.SWTBotTree;
+import org.eclipse.swtbot.swt.finder.widgets.SWTBotTreeItem;
+import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.AbstractSWTBotTest;
+
+public class PMDPreferencePage2Test extends AbstractSWTBotTest {
+    private List<IStatus> errors;
+    private ILogListener logListener;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        errors = new ArrayList<>();
+        logListener = new ILogListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void logging(IStatus status, String plugin) {
+                if (status.getSeverity() != IStatus.ERROR) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                String statusText = status.toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+                if (statusText.contains("pmd") || statusText.contains("unhandled event loop exception")) {
+                    errors.add(status);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        Platform.getLog(PlatformUI.class).addLogListener(logListener);
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void cleanup() {
+        Platform.getLog(PlatformUI.class).removeLogListener(logListener);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Simple smoke test to open the rule configuration preference pages.
+     * @see PMDPreferencePage2
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void openPMDRuleConfiguration() {
+        bot.menu().menu("Window", "Preferences").click();
+        SWTBotShell preferencesDialog = bot.shell("Preferences");
+        SWTBotTreeItem pmdItem = preferencesDialog.bot().tree(0).getTreeItem("PMD");
+        pmdItem.click();
+        pmdItem.expand();
+        pmdItem.getNode("Rule Configuration").click();
+
+
+        Matcher<Button> matcher = allOf(widgetOfType(Button.class),
+                withMnemonic("Use global rule management"),
+                withStyle(SWT.CHECK, "SWT.CHECK"));
+        WaitForObjectCondition<Button> waitForWidget = waitForWidget(matcher);
+        preferencesDialog.bot().waitUntil(waitForWidget, TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(15));
+        SWTBotCheckBox globalRuleManagementCheckbox = new SWTBotCheckBox(waitForWidget.get(0), matcher);
+        globalRuleManagementCheckbox.click();
+
+        SWTBotTree ruleTable = preferencesDialog.bot().tree(1);
+        int rowCount = ruleTable.rowCount();
+        assertTrue(rowCount > 0);
+
+        // select first rule
+        ruleTable.getAllItems()[0].click();
+
+        preferencesDialog.bot().button("Cancel").click();
+
+        if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
+            fail("There are " + errors.size() + " errors:\n"
+                    + errors.stream().map(IStatus::getMessage).collect(Collectors.joining("\n")));
+        }
+    }
+}