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+describe('RecentsService', function() {
+    var scope;
+    var MSG_EVENT = "__test__";
+    
+    var testEventContainsBingWord, testIsLive, testEvent;
+    
+    var eventHandlerService = {
+        MSG_EVENT: MSG_EVENT,
+        eventContainsBingWord: function(event) {
+            return testEventContainsBingWord;
+        }
+    };
+
+    // setup the service and mocked dependencies
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        
+        // set default mock values
+        testEventContainsBingWord = false;
+        testIsLive = true;
+        testEvent = {
+            content: {
+                body: "Hello world",
+                msgtype: "m.text"
+            },
+            user_id: "@alfred:localhost",
+            room_id: "!fl1bb13:localhost",
+            event_id: "fwuegfw@localhost"
+        }
+        
+        // mocked dependencies
+        module(function ($provide) {
+          $provide.value('eventHandlerService', eventHandlerService);
+        });
+        
+        // tested service
+        module('recentsService');
+    });
+    
+    beforeEach(inject(function($rootScope) {
+        scope = $rootScope;
+    }));
+
+    it('should start with no unread messages.', inject(
+    function(recentsService) {
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadMessages()).toEqual({});
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadBingMessages()).toEqual({});
+    }));
+    
+    it('should NOT add an unread message to the room currently selected.', inject(
+    function(recentsService) {
+        recentsService.setSelectedRoomId(testEvent.room_id);
+        scope.$broadcast(MSG_EVENT, testEvent, testIsLive);
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadMessages()).toEqual({});
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadBingMessages()).toEqual({});
+    }));
+    
+    it('should add an unread message to the room NOT currently selected.', inject(
+    function(recentsService) {
+        recentsService.setSelectedRoomId("!someotherroomid:localhost");
+        scope.$broadcast(MSG_EVENT, testEvent, testIsLive);
+        
+        var unread = {};
+        unread[testEvent.room_id] = 1;
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadMessages()).toEqual(unread);
+    }));
+    
+    it('should add an unread message and an unread bing message if a message contains a bing word.', inject(
+    function(recentsService) {
+        recentsService.setSelectedRoomId("!someotherroomid:localhost");
+        testEventContainsBingWord = true;
+        scope.$broadcast(MSG_EVENT, testEvent, testIsLive);
+        
+        var unread = {};
+        unread[testEvent.room_id] = 1;
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadMessages()).toEqual(unread);
+        
+        var bing = {};
+        bing[testEvent.room_id] = testEvent;
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadBingMessages()).toEqual(bing);
+    }));
+    
+    it('should clear both unread and unread bing messages when markAsRead is called.', inject(
+    function(recentsService) {
+        recentsService.setSelectedRoomId("!someotherroomid:localhost");
+        testEventContainsBingWord = true;
+        scope.$broadcast(MSG_EVENT, testEvent, testIsLive);
+        
+        var unread = {};
+        unread[testEvent.room_id] = 1;
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadMessages()).toEqual(unread);
+        
+        var bing = {};
+        bing[testEvent.room_id] = testEvent;
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadBingMessages()).toEqual(bing);
+        
+        recentsService.markAsRead(testEvent.room_id);
+        
+        unread[testEvent.room_id] = 0;
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadMessages()).toEqual(unread);
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadBingMessages()).toEqual({});
+    }));
+    
+    it('should not add messages as unread if they are not live.', inject(
+    function(recentsService) {
+        testIsLive = false;
+        
+        recentsService.setSelectedRoomId("!someotherroomid:localhost");
+        testEventContainsBingWord = true;
+        scope.$broadcast(MSG_EVENT, testEvent, testIsLive);
+    
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadMessages()).toEqual({});
+        expect(recentsService.getUnreadBingMessages()).toEqual({});
+    }));
+});