--- /dev/null
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2002 - 2015 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE at
+// the top level of the deal.II distribution.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+
+// check that setting last_line parameter does indeed terminate parsing.
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+#include <deal.II/base/logstream.h>
+#include <deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h>
+#include <fstream>
+
+void check (const char *p, std::string last_line)
+{
+ ParameterHandler prm;
+ prm.declare_entry ("var_1", "-1",
+ Patterns::Integer(-1,1));
+
+ prm.declare_entry ("var_2", "-1",
+ Patterns::Integer(-1,1));
+
+ std::ifstream in(p);
+ bool status = prm.read_input (in, "input file", last_line);
+ Assert (status == true, ExcInternalError());
+
+ deallog << "var_1=" << prm.get ("var_1") << std::endl
+ << "var_2=" << prm.get ("var_2") << std::endl;
+}
+
+
+int main ()
+{
+ std::ofstream logfile("output");
+ deallog.attach(logfile);
+ deallog.threshold_double(1.e-10);
+
+ // go into the source dir to read files there. this
+ // is necessary so that we can include files there
+ chdir (SOURCE_DIR);
+ check ("parameter_handler_22_last_line.prm","");
+ check ("parameter_handler_22_last_line.prm","# end-of-parameter-section");
+
+ return 0;
+}