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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+/*
+Copyright (C) 2023 The Falco Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <falco_engine.h>
+#include <evttype_index_ruleset.h>
+
+static std::string syscall_source_name = "syscall";
+
+// A variant of evttype_index_ruleset_factory that uses a singleton
+// for the underlying ruleset. This allows testing of
+// ruleset_for_source
+
+namespace
+{
+class test_ruleset_factory : public evttype_index_ruleset_factory
+{
+public:
+	test_ruleset_factory(std::shared_ptr<gen_event_filter_factory> factory):
+		evttype_index_ruleset_factory(factory)
+	{
+		ruleset = evttype_index_ruleset_factory::new_ruleset();
+	}
+
+	virtual ~test_ruleset_factory() = default;
+
+	inline std::shared_ptr<filter_ruleset> new_ruleset() override
+	{
+		return ruleset;
+	}
+
+	std::shared_ptr<filter_ruleset> ruleset;
+};
+}; // namespace
+
+TEST(AddSource, basic)
+{
+	falco_engine engine;
+	sinsp inspector;
+	sinsp_filter_check_list filterchecks;
+
+	auto filter_factory = std::shared_ptr<gen_event_filter_factory>(
+		new sinsp_filter_factory(&inspector, filterchecks));
+	auto formatter_factory = std::shared_ptr<gen_event_formatter_factory>(
+		new sinsp_evt_formatter_factory(&inspector, filterchecks));
+	test_ruleset_factory *test_factory = new test_ruleset_factory(filter_factory);
+	auto ruleset_factory = std::shared_ptr<filter_ruleset_factory>(test_factory);
+
+	falco_source syscall_source;
+	syscall_source.name = syscall_source_name;
+	syscall_source.ruleset = ruleset_factory->new_ruleset();
+	syscall_source.ruleset_factory = ruleset_factory;
+	syscall_source.filter_factory = filter_factory;
+	syscall_source.formatter_factory = formatter_factory;
+
+	size_t source_idx = engine.add_source(syscall_source_name,
+					      filter_factory,
+					      formatter_factory,
+					      ruleset_factory);
+
+	ASSERT_TRUE(engine.is_source_valid(syscall_source_name));
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.filter_factory_for_source(syscall_source_name), filter_factory);
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.filter_factory_for_source(source_idx), filter_factory);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.formatter_factory_for_source(syscall_source_name), formatter_factory);
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.formatter_factory_for_source(source_idx), formatter_factory);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.ruleset_factory_for_source(syscall_source_name), ruleset_factory);
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.ruleset_factory_for_source(source_idx), ruleset_factory);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.ruleset_for_source(syscall_source_name), test_factory->ruleset);
+	ASSERT_EQ(engine.ruleset_for_source(source_idx), test_factory->ruleset);
+}