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+# (c) 2016, Saran Ahluwalia <ahlusar.ahluwalia@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch, MagicMock, Mock
+from ansible.plugins.action.raw import ActionModule
+from ansible.playbook.task import Task
+
+class TestCopyResultExclude(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        pass
+
+    # The current behavior of the raw aciton in regards to executable is currently in question; 
+    # the test_raw_executable_is_not_empty_string verifies the current behavior (whether it is desireed or not. 
+    # Please refer to the following for context:
+    # Issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/16054
+    # PR: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/16085
+
+
+    def test_raw_executable_is_not_empty_string(self):
+
+        play_context = Mock()
+        task = MagicMock(Task)
+        task.async = MagicMock()
+        connection = Mock()
+
+        task.args = {'_raw_params': 'Args1'}
+        play_context.check_mode = False
+
+        self.mock_am = ActionModule(task, connection, play_context, loader=None, templar=None, shared_loader_obj=None)
+        self.mock_am._low_level_execute_command = Mock(return_value = {})
+        self.mock_am.display = Mock()
+
+        self.mock_am.run()
+        self.mock_am._low_level_execute_command.assert_called_with('Args1', executable=None)
+
+    def test_raw_check_mode_is_True(self):
+
+        play_context = Mock()
+        task = MagicMock(Task)
+        task.async = MagicMock()
+        connection = Mock()
+
+        task.args = {'_raw_params': 'Args1'}
+        play_context.check_mode = True
+
+        self.mock_am = ActionModule(task, connection, play_context, loader=None, templar=None, shared_loader_obj=None)
+        self.mock_am._low_level_execute_command = Mock(return_value = {})
+        self.mock_am.display = Mock()
+
+        skipped_result = self.mock_am.run()
+
+        self.assertEqual(skipped_result.get('skipped'), True)
+
+    def test_raw_test_environment_is_None(self):
+
+        play_context = Mock()
+        task = MagicMock(Task)
+        task.async = MagicMock()
+        connection = Mock()
+
+        task.args = {'_raw_params': 'Args1'}
+        task.environment = None
+        play_context.check_mode = False
+
+        self.mock_am = ActionModule(task, connection, play_context, loader=None, templar=None, shared_loader_obj=None)
+        self.mock_am._low_level_execute_command = Mock(return_value = {})
+        self.mock_am.display = Mock()
+
+        self.assertEqual(task.environment, None)
+
+    def test_raw_task_vars_is_not_None(self):
+
+        play_context = Mock()
+        task = MagicMock(Task)
+        task.async = MagicMock()
+        connection = Mock()
+
+        task.args = {'_raw_params': 'Args1'}
+        task.environment = None
+        play_context.check_mode = False
+
+        self.mock_am = ActionModule(task, connection, play_context, loader=None, templar=None, shared_loader_obj=None)
+        self.mock_am._low_level_execute_command = Mock(return_value = {})
+        self.mock_am.display = Mock()
+
+        self.mock_am.run(task_vars={'a': 'b'})
+        self.assertEqual(task.environment, None)
+
+