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+# DKFZ
+#
+#
+# Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+# Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+# even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+#
+# Author: Sven Wanner (s.wanner@dkfz.de)
+
+import os
+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+
+from hyppopy.HyppopyProject import HyppopyProject
+from hyppopy.globals import TESTDATA_DIR
+
+
+def foo(a, b):
+    return a + b
+
+
+class VirtualFunctionTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+
+    def test_project_creation(self):
+        config = {
+            "hyperparameter": {
+                "C": {
+                    "domain": "uniform",
+                    "data": [0.0001, 20],
+                    "type": "float"
+                },
+                "kernel": {
+                    "domain": "categorical",
+                    "data": ["linear", "sigmoid", "poly", "rbf"],
+                    "type": "str"
+                }
+            },
+            "settings": {
+                "solver": {
+                    "max_iterations": 300
+                },
+                "custom": {
+                    "param1": 1,
+                    "param2": 2,
+                    "function": foo
+                }
+            }}
+
+        project = HyppopyProject()
+        project.set_config(config)
+        self.assertEqual(project.hyperparameter["C"]["domain"], "uniform")
+        self.assertEqual(project.hyperparameter["C"]["data"], [0.0001, 20])
+        self.assertEqual(project.hyperparameter["C"]["type"], "float")
+        self.assertEqual(project.hyperparameter["kernel"]["domain"], "categorical")
+        self.assertEqual(project.hyperparameter["kernel"]["data"], ["linear", "sigmoid", "poly", "rbf"])
+        self.assertEqual(project.hyperparameter["kernel"]["type"], "str")
+
+        self.assertEqual(project.solver_max_iterations, 300)
+        self.assertEqual(project.custom_param1, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(project.custom_param2, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(project.custom_function(2, 3), 5)
+
+        self.assertTrue(project.get_typeof("C") is float)
+        self.assertTrue(project.get_typeof("kernel") is str)