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+"""
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015-present Rapptz
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+"""
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+import discord
+import pytest
+import pytest_asyncio
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ViewFixture:
+    layout: discord.ui.LayoutView
+    container: discord.ui.Container
+    row: discord.ui.ActionRow
+    item: discord.ui.Item
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(params=["button", "select"])
+def ui_item(request: pytest.FixtureRequest):
+    if request.param == "button":
+        return (discord.ui.Button, discord.ui.button)
+    elif request.param == "select":
+        return (discord.ui.Select, discord.ui.select)
+
+
+@pytest_asyncio.fixture(params=["class", "constructor", "add_item"])
+async def view(
+    request: pytest.FixtureRequest, ui_item: "tuple[type[discord.ui.Item], Any]"
+) -> ViewFixture:
+    item_type, decorator = ui_item
+
+    async def on_error(interaction, error: Exception, item):
+        # do not let errors (especially asserts) be silenced by the default on_error handler
+        raise error
+
+    def check_callback(interaction: discord.Interaction, button: discord.ui.Item):
+        row = button.parent
+        assert isinstance(row, discord.ui.ActionRow)
+        container = row.parent
+        assert isinstance(container, discord.ui.Container)
+        assert container.parent is None
+        assert button.view is not None
+        assert row.view is not None
+        assert container.view is not None
+        assert button.view == row.view == container.view
+
+    class Item(item_type):
+        async def callback(self, interaction):
+            check_callback(interaction, self)
+
+    # return a tuple of layout-container-actionrow-button, pre-configured in different ways
+    if request.param == "class":
+
+        class Row(discord.ui.ActionRow):
+            @decorator()
+            async def item(self, interaction, item: discord.ui.Item):
+                assert item.parent == self
+                check_callback(interaction, item)
+
+        class Container(discord.ui.Container):
+            myrow = Row()
+
+        class Layout(discord.ui.LayoutView):
+            container = Container()
+
+            async def on_error(self, interaction, error: Exception, item) -> None:
+                await on_error(interaction, error, item)
+
+        layout = Layout()
+        container = layout.container
+        row = container.myrow
+        item = row.item
+
+    elif request.param == "constructor":
+        item = Item()
+        row = discord.ui.ActionRow(item)
+        container = discord.ui.Container(row)
+        layout = discord.ui.LayoutView()
+        layout.on_error = on_error
+        layout.add_item(container)
+
+    elif request.param == "add_item":
+        item = Item()
+        row = discord.ui.ActionRow()
+        row.add_item(item)
+        container = discord.ui.Container()
+        container.add_item(row)
+        layout = discord.ui.LayoutView()
+        layout.on_error = on_error
+        layout.add_item(container)
+
+    return ViewFixture(layout, container, row, item)
+
+
+# test that all "parent" attributes are properly set
+def test_parent(view: ViewFixture):
+    assert view.container.parent is None
+    assert type(view.row.parent) is type(view.container)
+    assert type(view.item.parent) is type(view.row)
+
+
+# test that all "view" attributes are properly set
+def test_view(view: ViewFixture):
+    assert view.layout is not None
+    assert view.container.view == view.layout
+    assert view.row.view == view.layout
+    assert view.item.view == view.layout
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_dispatch(view: ViewFixture, mocker: "MockerFixture"):
+    spy1 = mocker.spy(view.layout, "interaction_check")
+    spy2 = mocker.spy(view.container, "interaction_check")
+    spy3 = mocker.spy(view.row, "interaction_check")
+    spy4 = mocker.spy(view.item, "interaction_check")
+
+    interaction = mocker.NonCallableMagicMock(spec=discord.Interaction)
+    task = view.layout._dispatch_item(view.item, interaction)
+    assert task is not None
+    # let the task finish and retrieve any potential exception
+    await task
+    exc = task.exception()
+    if exc:
+        raise exc
+
+    # verify that ALL interaction_check methods are being called
+    spy1.assert_awaited_once_with(interaction)
+    spy2.assert_awaited_once_with(interaction)
+    spy3.assert_awaited_once_with(interaction)
+    spy4.assert_awaited_once_with(interaction)