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+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+import 'package:moor/ffi.dart';
+import 'package:moor/isolate.dart';
+import 'package:moor/moor.dart' hide isNotNull;
+import 'package:stream_chat_persistence/src/db/moor_chat_database.dart';
+
+DatabaseConnection _backgroundConnection() =>
+    DatabaseConnection.fromExecutor(VmDatabase.memory());
+
+void main() {
+  test(
+    'default constructor should create a new instance of MoorChatDatabase',
+    () async {
+      const userId = 'testUserId';
+      final executor = VmDatabase.memory();
+      final database = MoorChatDatabase(userId, executor);
+      expect(database, isNotNull);
+      expect(database.userId, userId);
+
+      addTearDown(() async {
+        await database.disconnect();
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  test(
+    'connect constructor should create a new instance of MoorChatDatabase',
+    () async {
+      const userId = 'testUserId';
+      final isolate = await MoorIsolate.spawn(_backgroundConnection);
+      final connection = DatabaseConnection.delayed(isolate.connect());
+
+      final database = MoorChatDatabase.connect(userId, connection);
+      expect(database, isNotNull);
+      expect(database.userId, userId);
+
+      addTearDown(() async {
+        await database.disconnect();
+        await isolate.shutdownAll();
+      });
+    },
+  );
+}