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+/**
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2014, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
+ *			Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
+ *			  See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
+ *			  http://www.opengeosys.org/LICENSE.txt
+ */
+
+#include <ctime>
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include "MeshLib/MeshGenerators/MeshGenerator.h"
+#include "MeshLib/Mesh.h"
+#include "MeshLib/Elements/Line.h"
+
+class MeshLibMeshProperties : public ::testing::Test
+{
+	public:
+	MeshLibMeshProperties()
+		: mesh(nullptr)
+	{
+		mesh = MeshLib::MeshGenerator::generateRegularHexMesh(1.0, mesh_size);
+	}
+
+	~MeshLibMeshProperties()
+	{
+		delete mesh;
+	}
+
+	static std::size_t const mesh_size = 9;
+	MeshLib::Mesh * mesh;
+};
+std::size_t const MeshLibMeshProperties::mesh_size;
+
+TEST_F(MeshLibMeshProperties, AddDoubleProperties)
+{
+	ASSERT_TRUE(mesh != nullptr);
+	const std::size_t size(mesh_size*mesh_size*mesh_size);
+	std::vector<double> double_properties(size);
+	std::iota(double_properties.begin(), double_properties.end(), 1);
+
+	std::string const& prop_name("FirstTestProperty");
+	// add a vector with property values to the mesh
+	mesh->addProperty(prop_name, double_properties);
+
+	boost::optional<std::vector<double> const&>
+		double_properties_cpy(mesh->getProperty<double>(prop_name));
+
+	for (std::size_t k(0); k<size; k++) {
+		ASSERT_EQ(double_properties[k], (*double_properties_cpy)[k]);
+	}
+}
+