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+package org.junit.tests.validation;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.Description;
+import org.junit.runner.JUnitCore;
+import org.junit.runner.Result;
+import org.junit.runner.notification.Failure;
+
+public class FailedConstructionTest {
+	public static class CantConstruct {
+		public CantConstruct() {
+			throw new RuntimeException();
+		}
+
+		@Test
+		public void foo() {
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void failedConstructionIsTestFailure() {
+		Result result= JUnitCore.runClasses(CantConstruct.class);
+		Failure failure= result.getFailures().get(0);
+		Description expected= Description.createTestDescription(CantConstruct.class, "foo");
+		Assert.assertEquals(expected, failure.getDescription());
+	}
+}