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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.parseutils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.exceptions.ParserException;
+import org.onosproject.yangutils.parser.impl.YangUtilsParserManager;
+
+/**
+ * Test case for testing listener util.
+ */
+public class ListenerUtilTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    private final YangUtilsParserManager manager = new YangUtilsParserManager();
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether exception is thrown when identifier starts with xml.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void validateIdentifierStartsWithXml() throws IOException {
+        thrown.expect(ParserException.class);
+        thrown.expectMessage("YANG file error : module identifier xMlTest must not start" +
+                " with (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l'))");
+        manager.getDataModel("src/test/resources/InValidIdentifierXML.yang");
+    }
+}