Issue 100: write a test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue100/Data.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue100/Data.java
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+/**

+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2010, http://www.snakeyaml.org

+ *

+ * 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 org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue100;

+

+public class Data {

+    private String id;

+    private int age;

+

+    public Data() {

+        this.id = "noname";

+        this.age = 999;

+    }

+

+    public Data(String id, int age) {

+        this.id = id;

+        this.age = age;

+    }

+

+    public String getId() {

+        return id;

+    }

+

+    public void setId(String id) {

+        this.id = id;

+    }

+

+    public int getAge() {

+        return age;

+    }

+

+    public void setAge(int age) {

+        this.age = age;

+    }

+

+    @Override

+    public String toString() {

+        return "Data [age=" + age + ", id=" + id + "]";

+    }

+}

diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue100/MergeJavaBeanTest.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue100/MergeJavaBeanTest.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2010, http://www.snakeyaml.org
+ *
+ * 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 org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue100;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+public class MergeJavaBeanTest extends TestCase {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public void testNoMerge() throws IOException {
+        String input = "- &id001 !!org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue100.Data {age: 11, id: id123}\n- *id001";
+        // System.out.println(input);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        List<Data> list = (List<Data>) yaml.load(input);
+        for (Data data : list) {
+            // System.out.println(data);
+            assertEquals("id123", data.getId());
+            assertEquals(11, data.getAge());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public void testMergeToIdenticalInstances() throws IOException {
+        String input = "- &id001 !!org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue100.Data {age: 11, id: id123}\n- << : *id001";
+        System.out.println(input);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        try {
+            List<Data> list = (List<Data>) yaml.load(input);
+            for (Data data : list) {
+                // System.out.println(data);
+                assertEquals("id123", data.getId());
+                assertEquals(11, data.getAge());
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // TODO issue 100
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public void testMergeAndDeviate() throws IOException {
+        String input = "- &id001 !!org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue100.Data {age: 11, id: id123}\n- <<: *id001\n  id: id456";
+        System.out.println(input);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        Set<String> ids = new HashSet<String>();
+        try {
+            List<Data> list = (List<Data>) yaml.load(input);
+            for (Data data : list) {
+                // System.out.println(data);
+                assertEquals(11, data.getAge());
+                ids.add(data.getId());
+            }
+            assertEquals("IDs must be different", 2, ids.size());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // TODO issue 100
+        }
+    }
+}