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+package onera.pmlanalyzer.pml.model.hardware
+
+import onera.pmlanalyzer.pml.model.hardware.*
+import onera.pmlanalyzer.pml.model.service.{Load, Store}
+import onera.pmlanalyzer.pml.operators.*
+import sourcecode.Name
+import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should
+
+class HardwareTest extends AnyFlatSpec with should.Matchers {
+
+  /* Create a default platform to act as a container for components. */
+  object PlatformFixture extends Platform(Symbol("fixture"))
+
+  import PlatformFixture.*
+
+  "A Hardware" should "have default services" in {
+    val t: Target = Target()
+    val s: SimpleTransporter = SimpleTransporter()
+    val i: Initiator = Initiator()
+    val v: Virtualizer = Virtualizer()
+
+    for (h <- List(t, s, i, v)) {
+      exactly(1, h.services) shouldBe a [Load]
+      exactly(1, h.services) shouldBe a [Store]
+      h.services.size shouldBe 2
+    }
+  }
+}