ght?)!
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<p>
The first given can be coded as follows (in Groovy, that is):
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<pre><code>
given "a database is up and running", {
 Server.main(["-no_system_exit", "true"] as String[])
}
</code></pre>


<p>
The Server instance in the above code is HSQLDB’s <code>org.hsqldb.Server</code> type. This is, by the way, a handy database that is easily controlled programatically and easy to install (it’s a jar file!).
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<p>
The next <code>given</code> is a bit more complicated– the 