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+require 'minitest/autorun'
+require 'prism'
+require 'tmpdir'
+
+class OrmCallbacksTest < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    @dir = Dir.mktmpdir('prism-callbacks-store')
+    @store = Prism::Orm::Store.new(File.join(@dir, 'test.pstore'))
+    @store.create_table(:widgets, %w[id name])
+    @log = []
+    log = @log
+    widget_class = Class.new(Prism::Orm::Model) do
+      table_name :widgets
+      validates :name, presence: true
+
+      before_validation { log << :before_validation }
+      after_validation { log << :after_validation }
+      before_save { log << :before_save }
+      after_save { log << :after_save }
+      before_create { log << :before_create }
+      after_create { log << :after_create }
+      before_update { log << :before_update }
+      after_update { log << :after_update }
+      before_destroy { log << :before_destroy }
+      after_destroy { log << :after_destroy }
+    end
+    widget_class.store = @store
+    Object.const_set(:Widget, widget_class)
+  end
+
+  def teardown
+    FileUtils.remove_entry(@dir)
+    Object.send(:remove_const, :Widget) if Object.const_defined?(:Widget)
+  end
+
+  def test_full_callback_order_on_create
+    Widget.create!(name: 'gizmo')
+    assert_equal %i[before_validation after_validation before_save before_create after_create after_save], @log
+  end
+
+  def test_full_callback_order_on_update
+    widget = Widget.create!(name: 'gizmo')
+    @log.clear
+    widget.update!(name: 'sprocket')
+    assert_equal %i[before_validation after_validation before_save before_update after_update after_save], @log
+  end
+
+  def test_destroy_runs_before_and_after_destroy
+    widget = Widget.create!(name: 'gizmo')
+    @log.clear
+    widget.destroy
+    assert_equal %i[before_destroy after_destroy], @log
+    assert widget.destroyed?
+  end
+
+  def test_before_save_abort_halts_the_chain_and_leaves_record_unsaved
+    Widget.before_save { throw :abort }
+    widget = Widget.new(name: 'gizmo')
+    refute widget.save
+    assert widget.new_record?
+    refute_includes @log, :before_create
+    refute_includes @log, :after_save
+  end
+
+  def test_before_destroy_abort_keeps_the_record
+    Widget.before_destroy { throw :abort }
+    widget = Widget.create!(name: 'gizmo')
+    @log.clear
+    widget.destroy
+    refute widget.destroyed?
+    assert Widget.find(widget.id)
+    refute_includes @log, :after_destroy
+  end
+
+  def test_before_validation_abort_makes_the_record_invalid_without_running_validators
+    Widget.before_validation { throw :abort }
+    widget = Widget.new(name: 'gizmo')
+    refute widget.valid?
+    assert_empty widget.errors
+  end
+
+  def test_symbol_callback_can_mutate_the_record
+    widget_class = Class.new(Prism::Orm::Model) do
+      table_name :widgets
+      before_save :normalize_name
+
+      def normalize_name
+        self.name = name.to_s.strip.downcase
+      end
+    end
+    widget_class.store = @store
+    widget = widget_class.create!(name: '  LOUD  ')
+    assert_equal 'loud', widget.reload.name
+  end
+
+  def test_callbacks_are_inherited_and_run_base_before_subclass
+    log = @log
+    subclass = Class.new(Widget) do
+      table_name :widgets
+      before_save { log << :subclass_before_save }
+    end
+    subclass.store = @store
+    subclass.create!(name: 'gizmo')
+    before_save_calls = @log.select { |entry| entry == :before_save || entry == :subclass_before_save }
+    assert_equal %i[before_save subclass_before_save], before_save_calls
+  end
+end