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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @group taxonomy
+ */
+class Tests_Term_GetTerm extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+	public function setUp() {
+		parent::setUp();
+		register_taxonomy( 'wptests_tax', 'post' );
+	}
+
+	public function test_should_return_error_for_empty_term() {
+		$found = get_term( '', 'wptests_tax' );
+		$this->assertWPError( $found );
+		$this->assertSame( 'invalid_term', $found->get_error_code() );
+	}
+
+	public function test_should_return_error_for_invalid_taxonomy() {
+		$found = get_term( 'foo', 'bar' );
+		$this->assertWPError( $found );
+		$this->assertSame( 'invalid_taxonomy', $found->get_error_code() );
+	}
+
+	public function test_passing_term_object_should_skip_database_query_when_filter_property_is_empty() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		$term = $this->factory->term->create_and_get( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+		clean_term_cache( $term->term_id, 'wptests_tax' );
+
+		$num_queries = $wpdb->num_queries;
+
+		unset( $term->filter );
+		$term_a = get_term( $term, 'wptests_tax' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( $num_queries, $wpdb->num_queries );
+	}
+
+	public function test_passing_term_object_should_not_skip_database_query_when_filter_property_is_set() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		$term = $this->factory->term->create_and_get( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+		clean_term_cache( $term->term_id, 'wptests_tax' );
+
+		$num_queries = $wpdb->num_queries;
+
+		$term_a = get_term( $term, 'wptests_tax' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( $num_queries + 1, $wpdb->num_queries );
+	}
+
+	public function test_passing_term_string_that_casts_to_int_0_should_return_null() {
+		$this->assertSame( null, get_term( 'abc', 'wptests_tax' ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_should_return_null_for_invalid_term_id() {
+		$this->assertSame( null, get_term( 99999999, 'wptests_tax' ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_cache_should_be_populated_by_successful_fetch() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		$t = $this->factory->term->create( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+		clean_term_cache( $t, 'wptests_tax' );
+
+		// Prime cache.
+		$term_a = get_term( $t, 'wptests_tax' );
+		$num_queries = $wpdb->num_queries;
+
+		// Second call shouldn't require a database query.
+		$term_b = get_term( $t, 'wptests_tax' );
+		$this->assertSame( $num_queries, $wpdb->num_queries );
+		$this->assertEquals( $term_a, $term_b );
+	}
+
+	public function test_output_object() {
+		$t = $this->factory->term->create( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+		$this->assertInternalType( 'object', get_term( $t, 'wptests_tax', OBJECT ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_output_array_a() {
+		$t = $this->factory->term->create( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+		$term = get_term( $t, 'wptests_tax', ARRAY_A );
+		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $term );
+		$this->assertTrue( isset( $term['term_id'] ) );
+	}
+
+	public function test_output_array_n() {
+		$t = $this->factory->term->create( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+		$term = get_term( $t, 'wptests_tax', ARRAY_N );
+		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $term );
+		$this->assertFalse( isset( $term['term_id'] ) );
+		foreach ( $term as $k => $v ) {
+			$this->assertInternalType( 'integer', $k );
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function test_output_should_fall_back_to_object_for_invalid_input() {
+		$t = $this->factory->term->create( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+		$this->assertInternalType( 'object', get_term( $t, 'wptests_tax', 'foo' ) );
+	}
+}