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+# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Thomas Krijnen <thomas@aecgeeks.com>
+#
+# This file is part of IfcOpenShell.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with IfcOpenShell.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+import glob
+import tempfile
+import time
+
+import pytest
+
+import ifcopenshell.validate
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "file",
+    glob.glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "fixtures/validate/*.ifc")),
+)
+def test_file(file):
+    logger = ifcopenshell.validate.json_logger()
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as d:
+        rocks = os.path.join(d, os.path.basename(file) + ".rdb")
+        ifcopenshell.convert_path_to_rocksdb(file, rocks, errors=os.path.basename(file) + ".json")
+        try:
+            ifcopenshell.validate.validate(rocks, logger)
+        except ifcopenshell.SchemaError as e:
+            pytest.skip()
+        file = os.path.basename(file)
+        if file.startswith("fail-"):
+            assert len(logger.statements) > 0
+        if file.startswith("pass-"):
+            assert len(logger.statements) == 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pytest.main(["-sx", __file__])