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src/lib/ae_utils/perm_checks.test.ts

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+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { compare_access_levels, process_permission_checks, access_level_order } from './ae_utils__perm_checks';
+
+describe('Permission Hierarchy Tests', () => {
+    describe('compare_access_levels', () => {
+        it('should correctly identify upgrades', () => {
+            // High to Low should return 1 (Upgrade if target is high, current is low)
+            expect(compare_access_levels('super', 'manager')).toBe(1);
+            expect(compare_access_levels('manager', 'administrator')).toBe(1);
+            expect(compare_access_levels('administrator', 'trusted')).toBe(1);
+            expect(compare_access_levels('trusted', 'authenticated')).toBe(1);
+            expect(compare_access_levels('authenticated', 'anonymous')).toBe(1);
+        });
+
+        it('should correctly identify downgrades', () => {
+            // Low to High should return -1
+            expect(compare_access_levels('manager', 'super')).toBe(-1);
+            expect(compare_access_levels('anonymous', 'authenticated')).toBe(-1);
+        });
+
+        it('should return 0 for equal levels', () => {
+            expect(compare_access_levels('manager', 'manager')).toBe(0);
+            expect(compare_access_levels('anonymous', 'anonymous')).toBe(0);
+        });
+
+        it('should handle null/empty as anonymous', () => {
+            expect(compare_access_levels('trusted', '')).toBe(1);
+            expect(compare_access_levels(null as any, 'authenticated')).toBe(-1);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('process_permission_checks hierarchy', () => {
+        it('manager should imply administrator and trusted', () => {
+            const perms = process_permission_checks('manager');
+            expect(perms.manager_access).toBe(true);
+            expect(perms.administrator_access).toBe(true);
+            expect(perms.trusted_access).toBe(true);
+            expect(perms.authenticated_access).toBe(true);
+            expect(perms.super_access).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('administrator should imply trusted', () => {
+            const perms = process_permission_checks('administrator');
+            expect(perms.administrator_access).toBe(true);
+            expect(perms.trusted_access).toBe(true);
+            expect(perms.manager_access).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('anonymous should imply nothing but anonymous_access', () => {
+            const perms = process_permission_checks('anonymous');
+            expect(perms.anonymous_access).toBe(true);
+            expect(perms.authenticated_access).toBe(false);
+            expect(perms.trusted_access).toBe(false);
+        });
+    });
+});