diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherDump.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/ddf/TestEscherDump.java
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+package org.apache.poi.ddf;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestEscherDump {
+    @Test
+    public void testSimple() throws Exception {
+        // simple test to at least cover some parts of the class
+        EscherDump.main(new String[] {});
+        
+        new EscherDump().dump(0, new byte[] {}, System.out);
+        new EscherDump().dump(new byte[] {}, 0, 0, System.out);
+        new EscherDump().dumpOld(0, new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[] {}), System.out);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithData() throws Exception {
+        new EscherDump().dumpOld(8, new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[] { 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00 }), System.out);
+    }
+}