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+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+import pytest
+
+from UM.Settings.Interfaces import ContainerInterface
+from cura.Machines.MachineNode import MachineNode
+
+
+machine_node_variant_added_test_data = [({"type": "Not a variant!"}, ["Variant One", "Variant Two"]),  # Wrong type
+                                        ({"type": "variant", "name": "Variant One"}, ["Variant One", "Variant Two"]),  # Name already added
+                                        ({"type": "variant", "name": "Variant Three", "hardware_type": "Not a nozzle"}, ["Variant One", "Variant Two"]),  # Wrong hardware type
+                                        ({"type": "variant", "name": "Variant Three", "hardware_type": "nozzle", "definition": "machine_3"}, ["Variant One", "Variant Two"]),  # Wrong definition ID
+                                        ({"type": "variant", "name": "Variant Three", "hardware_type": "nozzle", "definition": "machine_1"}, ["Variant One", "Variant Two", "Variant Three"])] # Yay! It's finally added
+
+
+metadata_dict = {}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def container_registry():
+    result = MagicMock()
+    result.findInstanceContainersMetadata = MagicMock(return_value = [{"id": "variant_1", "name": "Variant One"}, {"id": "variant_2", "name": "Variant Two"}])
+    return result
+
+
+def getMetadataEntrySideEffect(*args, **kwargs):
+    return metadata_dict.get(args[0])
+
+
+def createMockedInstanceContainer():
+    result = MagicMock(spec = ContainerInterface)
+    result.getMetaDataEntry = MagicMock(side_effect=getMetadataEntrySideEffect)
+    return result
+
+
+def createMachineNode(container_id, container_registry):
+    with patch("cura.Machines.MachineNode.VariantNode"):  # We're not testing the variant node here, so patch it out.
+        with patch("UM.Settings.ContainerRegistry.ContainerRegistry.getInstance", MagicMock(return_value=container_registry)):
+            return MachineNode(container_id)
+
+
+def test_machineNodeInit(container_registry):
+    machine_node = createMachineNode("machine_1", container_registry)
+
+    # As variants get stored by name, we want to check if those get added.
+    assert "Variant One" in machine_node.variants
+    assert "Variant Two" in machine_node.variants
+    assert len(machine_node.variants) == 2  # And ensure that *only* those two got added.
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("metadata,variant_result_list", machine_node_variant_added_test_data)
+def test_machineNodeVariantAdded(container_registry, metadata, variant_result_list):
+    machine_node = createMachineNode("machine_1", container_registry)
+
+    with patch("cura.Machines.MachineNode.VariantNode"):  # We're not testing the variant node here, so patch it out.
+        with patch.dict(metadata_dict, metadata):
+            mocked_container = createMockedInstanceContainer()
+            machine_node._variantAdded(mocked_container)
+
+    assert len(variant_result_list) == len(machine_node.variants)
+    for name in variant_result_list:
+        assert name in machine_node.variants
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