Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/test.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/test.js	(revision 4143)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/test.js	(revision 4144)
@@ -12,4 +12,63 @@
 CKEDITOR.test =
 {
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the value of an element as normalized HTML.
+	 * @param id {String} Id of the element.
+	 */
+	getValueAsHtml : function ( id )
+	{
+		return CKEDITOR.test.fixHtml( CKEDITOR.document.getById( id ).getValue(), false ) ;
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Fill the the target element with both html and the denoted selection range.
+	 * @param element {CKEDITOR.dom.element} The element to fill.
+	 * @param html {String} String presentation of the HTML along with the
+	 * selection range marker to load.
+	 * @example
+	 * <p>single ^ selection</p>
+	 * <p>[multiple]<span>[selection]</span></p>
+	 */
+	setHtmlWithSelection : function( element, html )
+	{
+		if( !CKEDITOR.dom.selection )
+			throw new Error( 'selection plugin is required to use this method.' );
+
+		var rangeCount = 0,
+			replaceWithBookmark = function ( match )
+			{
+				var bookmark;
+				switch( match )
+				{
+					case ']' :
+						bookmark = '<span id="E' + rangeCount + '"></span>';
+						rangeCount++;
+						break;
+					case '^' :
+						bookmark = '<span id="S' + rangeCount + '"></span>';
+						rangeCount++;
+						break;
+					case '[' :
+						bookmark = '<span id="S' + rangeCount + '"></span>';
+				}
+				return bookmark;
+			};
+
+		html = html.replace( /\^|\[|\]/g,  replaceWithBookmark );
+		element.setHtml( html );
+		var doc = element.getDocument(),
+			ranges = [],
+			sel = doc.getSelection();
+
+		for( var i = 0 ; i < rangeCount; i++ )
+		{
+			var range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( doc );
+			range.moveToBookmark( { startNode : 'S'+ i, endNode : 'E' + i, serializable : true } );
+			ranges.push( range );
+		}
+
+		sel.selectRanges( ranges );
+	}
+	
 };
 YAHOO.lang.augmentObject( CKEDITOR.test, CKTESTER.tools );