diff --git a/main/src/data_test.clj b/main/src/data_test.clj
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+; Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+; or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+; distributed with this work for additional information
+; regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+; to you 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.
+(ns data-test
+  (:require
+   [clojure.java.io :as io]
+   [clojure.test :as ct]
+   [schema.core :as s]
+   [aero.core :as aero]))
+
+;TODO: replace schema with spec
+(def TestDataSet
+  {:input s/Any
+   :expectation s/Any})
+
+(defn read-data
+  [resource-url]
+  (aero/read-config resource-url))
+
+(defmacro defdatatest [name & body]
+  `(do
+      (ct/deftest ~name 
+        (let [testdata (sut/read-data (io/resource "should-test-with-data-macro-version.edn"))
+              {:keys [input expectation]} testdata]
+          ~body))))
diff --git a/test/resources/should-test-with-data-explicit-version.edn b/test/resources/should-test-with-data-explicit-version.edn
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+{:input 1
+ :expectation 1}
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diff --git a/test/resources/should-test-with-data-macro-version.edn b/test/resources/should-test-with-data-macro-version.edn
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+{:input 1
+ :expectation 1}
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diff --git a/test/resources/simple_aero.edn b/test/resources/simple_aero.edn
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+++ b/test/resources/simple_aero.edn
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+{:simple "test"}
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diff --git a/test/resources/tagged_aero.edn b/test/resources/tagged_aero.edn
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+{:to-be-refernced "ref-test"
+ :key1 #ref [:to-be-refernced]
+ :key2 #ref [:to-be-refernced]}
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diff --git a/test/src/data_test_test.clj b/test/src/data_test_test.clj
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+; Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+; or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+; distributed with this work for additional information
+; regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+; to you 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.
+(ns data-test-test
+  (:require
+   [clojure.java.io :as io]
+   [clojure.test :refer :all]
+   [data-test :as sut]))
+
+(deftest should-read-data
+  (is (= {:simple "test"}
+         (sut/read-data (io/resource "simple_aero.edn"))))
+  (is (= {:to-be-refernced "ref-test", :key1 "ref-test", :key2 "ref-test"}
+         (sut/read-data (io/resource "tagged_aero.edn"))))
+  )
+
+(deftest should-test-with-data-explicit-version
+  (let [testdata (sut/read-data (io/resource "should-test-with-data-explicit-version.edn"))
+        {:keys [input expectation]} testdata]
+    (is (= expectation
+           input))))
+
+(sut/defdatatest should-test-with-data-macro-version
+  (is (= expectation
+         input)))
+
+
+  
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