<html>
<head>
<meta charset='utf-8'>
<style>
.pass {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: green;
}
.fail {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: red;
}
</style>

<script>
if (window.testRunner)
    testRunner.dumpAsText();

function SputnikError(message)
{
    this.message = message;
}

SputnikError.prototype.toString = function ()
{
    return 'SputnikError: ' + this.message;
};

var sputnikException;

function testPrint(msg)
{
    var span = document.createElement("span");
    document.getElementById("console").appendChild(span); // insert it first so XHTML knows the namespace 
    span.innerHTML = msg + '<br />';
}

function escapeHTML(text)
{
    return text.toString().replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/</g, "&lt;");
}

function printTestPassed(msg)
{
    testPrint('<span><span class="pass">PASS</span> ' + escapeHTML(msg) + '</span>');
}

function printTestFailed(msg)
{
    testPrint('<span><span class="fail">FAIL</span> ' + escapeHTML(msg) + '</span>');
}

function testFailed(msg)
{
    throw new SputnikError(msg);
}

var successfullyParsed = false;
</script>

</head>
<body>
<p>S8.7_A4</p>
<div id='console'></div>
<script>
try {

/**
* @name: S8.7_A4;
* @section: 8.7;
* @assertion: Object Modification Resulting in a New Object for Not a Self-Modified Object leads to loss of integrity;
* @description: Create a reference to the string, and Concatenate some new text onto the string object; 
*/

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//CHECK#
// Set item equal to a new string object
var item = new String("test");
// itemRef now refers to the same string object
var itemRef = item;
// Concatenate some new text onto the string object
// NOTE: This creates a new object, and does not modify
// the original object.
item += "ing";
// The values of item and itemRef are NOT equal, as a whole
// new string object has been created
if( item == itemRef ){
  testFailed('#1: var item = new String("test"); var itemRef = item; item += "ing"; item != itemRef');
};
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

} catch (ex) {
    sputnikException = ex;
}

var successfullyParsed = true;
</script>

<script>
if (!successfullyParsed)
    printTestFailed('successfullyParsed is not set');
else if (sputnikException)
    printTestFailed(sputnikException);
else
    printTestPassed("");
testPrint('<br /><span class="pass">TEST COMPLETE</span>');
</script>
</body>
</html>