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+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra. Eigen itself is part of the KDE project.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2008 Gael Guennebaud <g.gael@free.fr>
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla
+// Public License v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed
+// with this file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+#include "main.h"
+#include <Eigen/Geometry>
+#include <Eigen/LU>
+#include <Eigen/QR>
+
+template<typename BoxType> void alignedbox(const BoxType& _box)
+{
+  /* this test covers the following files:
+     AlignedBox.h
+  */
+
+  const int dim = _box.dim();
+  typedef typename BoxType::Scalar Scalar;
+  typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
+  typedef Matrix<Scalar, BoxType::AmbientDimAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
+
+  VectorType p0 = VectorType::Random(dim);
+  VectorType p1 = VectorType::Random(dim);
+  RealScalar s1 = ei_random<RealScalar>(0,1);
+
+  BoxType b0(dim);
+  BoxType b1(VectorType::Random(dim),VectorType::Random(dim));
+  BoxType b2;
+
+  b0.extend(p0);
+  b0.extend(p1);
+  VERIFY(b0.contains(p0*s1+(Scalar(1)-s1)*p1));
+  VERIFY(!b0.contains(p0 + (1+s1)*(p1-p0)));
+
+  (b2 = b0).extend(b1);
+  VERIFY(b2.contains(b0));
+  VERIFY(b2.contains(b1));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(b2.clamp(b0), b0);
+
+  // casting
+  const int Dim = BoxType::AmbientDimAtCompileTime;
+  typedef typename GetDifferentType<Scalar>::type OtherScalar;
+  AlignedBox<OtherScalar,Dim> hp1f = b0.template cast<OtherScalar>();
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(hp1f.template cast<Scalar>(),b0);
+  AlignedBox<Scalar,Dim> hp1d = b0.template cast<Scalar>();
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(hp1d.template cast<Scalar>(),b0);
+}
+
+void test_eigen2_alignedbox()
+{
+  for(int i = 0; i < g_repeat; i++) {
+    CALL_SUBTEST_1( alignedbox(AlignedBox<float,2>()) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_2( alignedbox(AlignedBox<float,3>()) );
+    CALL_SUBTEST_3( alignedbox(AlignedBox<double,4>()) );
+  }
+}