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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+
+ * 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 kafka
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSaramaClientEnableLivenessChannel(t *testing.T) {
+	// Note: This doesn't actually start the client
+	client := NewSaramaClient()
+
+	ch := client.EnableLivenessChannel(true)
+
+	// The channel should have one "true" message on it
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, ch)
+
+	select {
+	case stuff := <-ch:
+		assert.True(t, stuff)
+	default:
+		t.Error("Failed to read from the channel")
+	}
+}