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+(ns babashka.impl.clojure.java.io-test
+  (:require [babashka.test-utils :as test-utils]
+            [clojure.edn :as edn]
+            [clojure.test :as t :refer [deftest is]]))
+
+(defn bb [& args]
+  (edn/read-string
+   {:readers *data-readers*
+    :eof nil}
+   (apply test-utils/bb nil (map str args))))
+
+(deftest nio-coercion-test
+  (is (true? (bb "
+(require '[clojure.java.io :as io])
+
+(extend-protocol io/Coercions
+  java.nio.file.Path
+  (as-file [this] (.toFile this))
+  (as-url [this] (.. this (toFile) (toURL))))
+
+(def path (.toPath (io/file \".\")))
+;; ^ this is a java.nio.file.Path
+
+(.exists (io/file path)) ;; true
+"))))