diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PrimitiveRdfEditTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/PrimitiveRdfEditTest.java
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+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.edit;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
+
+public class PrimitiveRdfEditTest {
+
+	private String testN3a = 
+		"<http://example.com/motorcycles/honda/vtl1000> <http://example.com/engines/displacement> \"1000cm3\" ." +
+		"<http://example.com/motorcycles/honda/919> <http://example.com/engines/displacement> \"919cm3\" ." ;
+	
+	private String testN3b = 
+		"<http://example.com/motorcycles/honda/919> <http://example.com/motorcycles/relatedTo> <http://exmaple.com/motorcycle/honda/599> ." ;
+	
+	
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testProcessChanges() throws Exception {
+		OntModel writeModel = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel();
+		
+		String testN3a = 
+			"<http://example.com/motorcycles/honda/vtl1000> <http://example.com/engines/displacement> \"1000cm3\" ." +
+			"<http://example.com/motorcycles/honda/919> <http://example.com/engines/displacement> \"919cm3\" ." ;		
+		String testN3b = 
+			"<http://example.com/motorcycles/honda/919> <http://example.com/motorcycles/relatedTo> <http://exmaple.com/motorcycle/honda/599> ." ;
+		int totalStmts = 3;
+		
+		PrimitiveRdfEdit pre = new PrimitiveRdfEdit();
+		String params[] = { testN3a, testN3b };
+		Set<Model> models = pre.parseRdfParam(params, "N3");
+		Assert.assertNotNull(models);
+		Assert.assertTrue( models.size() == 2);
+				
+		Assert.assertNotNull( writeModel );
+		long size = writeModel.size();
+		pre.processChanges( models, Collections.EMPTY_SET, writeModel, writeModel, "uri:fakeEditorUri");		
+		Assert.assertEquals(size+totalStmts, writeModel.size());
+				
+		String params3[] = { testN3b };
+		Set<Model> retracts = pre.parseRdfParam( params3, "N3");		
+		pre.processChanges(Collections.EMPTY_SET, retracts, writeModel, writeModel, "uri:fakeEditorUri");
+		Assert.assertEquals(size+totalStmts-1, writeModel.size());		
+	}
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void testParseRdfParam() throws Exception {
+		PrimitiveRdfEdit pre = new PrimitiveRdfEdit();
+		String params[] = { testN3a, testN3b };
+		Set<Model> models = pre.parseRdfParam(params, "N3");
+		Assert.assertNotNull(models);
+		Assert.assertTrue( models.size() == 2);
+				
+	}
+
+}