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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using BundleTests.Helpers;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build.Framework;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.CoreSetup.Test;
+using Microsoft.NET.HostModel.AppHost;
+using Microsoft.NET.HostModel.Bundle;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AppHost.Bundle.Tests
+{
+    public class StaticHost : IClassFixture<StaticHost.SharedTestState>
+    {
+        private SharedTestState sharedTestState;
+
+        public StaticHost(SharedTestState fixture)
+        {
+            sharedTestState = fixture;
+        }
+
+        // This helper is used in lieu of SDK support for publishing apps using the static_apphost.
+        // It replaces the apphost with static_apphost, and along with appropeiate app.dll updates in the host.
+        // For now, we heave behind the hostpolicy and hostfxr DLLs in the publish directory, because
+        // removing them requires deps.json update.
+        void ReplaceApphostWithStaticHost(TestProjectFixture fixture)
+        {
+            var staticHost = Path.Combine(fixture.RepoDirProvider.HostArtifacts,
+                                          RuntimeInformationExtensions.GetExeFileNameForCurrentPlatform("static_apphost"));
+            HostWriter.CreateAppHost(staticHost,
+                                     BundleHelper.GetHostPath(fixture),
+                                     BundleHelper.GetAppPath(fixture));
+
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        private void Can_Run_App_With_StatiHost()
+        {
+            var fixture = sharedTestState.TestFixture.Copy();
+            var appExe = BundleHelper.GetHostPath(fixture);
+
+            ReplaceApphostWithStaticHost(fixture);
+
+            Command.Create(appExe)
+                .CaptureStdErr()
+                .CaptureStdOut()
+                .Execute()
+                .Should()
+                .Pass()
+                .And
+                .HaveStdOutContaining("Hello World");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        private void Can_Run_SingleFile_App_With_StatiHost()
+        {
+            var fixture = sharedTestState.TestFixture.Copy();
+
+            ReplaceApphostWithStaticHost(fixture);
+
+            string singleFile = BundleHelper.BundleApp(fixture);
+
+            Command.Create(singleFile)
+                .CaptureStdErr()
+                .CaptureStdOut()
+                .Execute()
+                .Should()
+                .Pass()
+                .And
+                .HaveStdOutContaining("Hello World");
+        }
+
+        public class SharedTestState : IDisposable
+        {
+            public TestProjectFixture TestFixture { get; set; }
+            public RepoDirectoriesProvider RepoDirectories { get; set; }
+
+            public SharedTestState()
+            {
+                RepoDirectories = new RepoDirectoriesProvider();
+                TestFixture = new TestProjectFixture("StandaloneApp", RepoDirectories);
+                TestFixture
+                    .EnsureRestoredForRid(TestFixture.CurrentRid, RepoDirectories.CorehostPackages)
+                    .PublishProject(runtime: TestFixture.CurrentRid, 
+                                    outputDirectory: BundleHelper.GetPublishPath(TestFixture));
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                TestFixture.Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}