diff --git a/tests/src/app/testqgisappclipboard.cpp b/tests/src/app/testqgisappclipboard.cpp
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+/***************************************************************************
+     testqgsvectorfilewriter.cpp
+     --------------------------------------
+    Date                 : Frida  Nov 23  2007
+    Copyright            : (C) 2007 by Tim Sutton
+    Email                : tim@linfiniti.com
+ ***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QSplashScreen>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QtTest>
+
+#include <qgisapp.h>
+#include <qgsapplication.h>
+#include <qgsfeature.h>
+#include <qgsfield.h>
+#include <qgsclipboard.h>
+#include <qgsmaplayerregistry.h>
+#include <qgsvectorlayer.h>
+
+/** \ingroup UnitTests
+ * This is a unit test for the QgisApp clipboard.
+ */
+class TestQgisAppClipboard: public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT;
+  private slots:
+    void initTestCase();// will be called before the first testfunction is executed.
+    void cleanupTestCase();// will be called after the last testfunction was executed.
+    void init() {};// will be called before each testfunction is executed.
+    void cleanup() {};// will be called after every testfunction.
+
+    void copyPaste();
+
+  private:
+    QgisApp * mQgisApp;
+    QString mTestDataDir;
+};
+
+//runs before all tests
+void TestQgisAppClipboard::initTestCase()
+{
+  qDebug() << "TestQgisAppClipboard::initTestCase()";
+  // init QGIS's paths - true means that all path will be inited from prefix
+  QgsApplication::init();
+  QgsApplication::initQgis();
+  mTestDataDir = QString( TEST_DATA_DIR ) + QDir::separator(); //defined in CmakeLists.txt
+  mQgisApp = new QgisApp( );
+}
+
+//runs after all tests
+void TestQgisAppClipboard::cleanupTestCase()
+{
+}
+
+void TestQgisAppClipboard::copyPaste()
+{
+  qDebug() << "TestQgisAppClipboard::copyPaste()";
+
+  QMap<QString,int> filesCounts;
+  filesCounts.insert( "points.shp", 17 );
+  filesCounts.insert( "lines.shp", 6 );
+  filesCounts.insert( "polys.shp", 10 );
+
+  foreach ( QString fileName, filesCounts.keys() )
+  {
+    // add vector layer
+    QString filePath = mTestDataDir + fileName;
+    qDebug() << "add vector layer: " << filePath;
+    QgsVectorLayer *inputLayer = mQgisApp->addVectorLayer ( filePath, fileName, "ogr" );
+    QVERIFY( inputLayer->isValid() );
+
+    // copy all features to clipboard
+    inputLayer->selectAll();
+    mQgisApp->editCopy( inputLayer );
+
+    QgsFeatureList features = mQgisApp->clipboard()->copyOf();
+    qDebug() << features.size() << " features copied to clipboard";
+
+    QVERIFY( features.size() == filesCounts.value(fileName) );
+
+    QgsVectorLayer *pastedLayer = mQgisApp->pasteAsNewMemoryVector( "pasted" );
+    QVERIFY( pastedLayer );
+    QVERIFY( pastedLayer->isValid() );
+    qDebug() << pastedLayer->featureCount() << " features in pasted layer";
+    QVERIFY( pastedLayer->featureCount() == filesCounts.value(fileName) );
+  }
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN( TestQgisAppClipboard )
+#include "moc_testqgisappclipboard.cxx"