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+package dev.kske.eventbus.core;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+
+/**
+ * Tests nested event dispatches.
+ *
+ * @author Kai S. K. Engelbart
+ * @since 1.2.0
+ */
+class NestedTest {
+
+	EventBus	bus;
+	boolean		nestedHit;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs an event bus and registers this test instance as an event listener.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.2.0
+	 */
+	@BeforeEach
+	void registerListener() {
+		bus = new EventBus();
+		bus.registerListener(this);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Dispatches a simple event, which should in turn cause a string to be dispatched as a nested
+	 * event. If the corresponding handler sets {@link #nestedHit} to {@code true}, the test is
+	 * successful.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.2.0
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void testNestedDispatch() {
+		bus.dispatch(new SimpleEvent());
+		assertTrue(nestedHit);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Dispatches a string as a nested event and cancels the current dispatch afterwards.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.2.0
+	 */
+	@Event(SimpleEvent.class)
+	void onSimpleEvent() {
+		bus.dispatch("Nested event");
+		bus.cancel();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets {@link #nestedHit} to {@code true} indicating that nested dispatches work.
+	 *
+	 * @since 1.2.0
+	 */
+	@Event(String.class)
+	void onString() {
+		nestedHit = true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Fails the test if an exception is caused during the dispatch.
+	 *
+	 * @param e the event containing the exception
+	 * @since 1.2.0
+	 */
+	@Event
+	void onException(ExceptionEvent e) {
+		fail("Exception during dispatch", e.getCause());
+	}
+}