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+package eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.misc;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.AnswerExchangeInfo;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.AnswerKnowledgeInteraction;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.AskKnowledgeInteraction;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.AskResult;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.Binding;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.BindingSet;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.CommunicativeAct;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.api.GraphPattern;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.util.KnowledgeNetwork;
+import eu.knowledge.engine.smartconnector.util.MockedKnowledgeBase;
+
+public class ConfigurationTest {
+
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigurationTest.class);
+
+	public KnowledgeNetwork kn;
+	public MockedKnowledgeBase kb1;
+	public AskKnowledgeInteraction askKI;
+	public MockedKnowledgeBase kb2;
+	public AnswerKnowledgeInteraction answerKI;
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void beforeTest() {
+		this.kn = new KnowledgeNetwork();
+
+		intializeKB1();
+		intializeKB2();
+		kn.addKB(kb1);
+		kn.addKB(kb2);
+
+		LOG.info("Before sync...");
+		kn.sync();
+		LOG.info("After sync...");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testConfigValidateDefault() {
+		System.setProperty("sc.validate.outgoing.bindings.wrt.incoming.bindings", "true");
+
+		BindingSet bs = new BindingSet();
+
+		var bs1 = new Binding();
+		bs1.put("s", "<barry2>");
+		bs.add(bs1);
+
+		var future = kb1.ask(this.askKI, bs);
+
+		AskResult askResult = null;
+		try {
+			askResult = future.get();
+			// TODO check for FAILED and Illegal argument in exchange info.
+
+		} catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+			LOG.info("{}", e);
+		}
+
+		LOG.info("Result: {}", askResult);
+	}
+
+	@AfterEach
+	public void afterTTest() {
+		try {
+			kn.stop().get();
+		} catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
+			fail();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void intializeKB1() {
+		this.kb1 = new MockedKnowledgeBase("kb1");
+		GraphPattern gp1 = new GraphPattern("""
+				?s a <Person> .
+				?s <hasName> ?n .
+				""");
+		this.askKI = new AskKnowledgeInteraction(new CommunicativeAct(), gp1);
+		this.kb1.register(askKI);
+	}
+
+	private void intializeKB2() {
+		this.kb2 = new MockedKnowledgeBase("kb2");
+		GraphPattern gp1 = new GraphPattern("""
+				?p a <Person> .
+				?p <hasName> ?name .
+				""");
+		this.answerKI = new AnswerKnowledgeInteraction(new CommunicativeAct(), gp1);
+		this.kb2.register(answerKI, (AnswerKnowledgeInteraction ki, AnswerExchangeInfo exchangeInfo) -> {
+			var bs = new BindingSet();
+			var b = new Binding();
+			b.put("p", "<barry1>");
+			b.put("name", "\"Barry Nouwt\"");
+			bs.add(b);
+			return bs;
+		});
+	}
+
+}