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+var common = require("../common");
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var http = require('http');
+var net = require('net');
+
+// Create a TCP server
+var srv = net.createServer(function(c) {
+ c.write('bad http - should trigger parse error\r\n');
+
+ console.log("connection");
+
+ c.addListener('end', function() { c.end(); });
+});
+srv.listen(common.PORT, '127.0.0.1');
+
+var hc = http.createClient(common.PORT, '127.0.0.1');
+hc.request('GET', '/').end();
+
+var parseError = false;
+
+hc.on('error', function (e) {
+ console.log("got error from client");
+ srv.close();
+ assert.ok(e.message.indexOf("Parse Error") >= 0);
+ parseError = true;
+});
+
+
+process.addListener('exit', function() {
+ assert.ok(parseError);
+});
+
+