--- /dev/null
+#!perl
+# vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
+#
+# Tests all kinds of matching methods
+#
+use Test::More tests => 4;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib";
+use i3test;
+use AnyEvent::I3;
+use X11::XCB qw(:all);
+use v5.10;
+
+my $i3 = i3("/tmp/nestedcons");
+
+my $tmp = get_unused_workspace();
+$i3->command("workspace $tmp")->recv;
+
+ok(@{get_ws_content($tmp)} == 0, 'no containers yet');
+
+# Open a new window
+my $x = X11::XCB::Connection->new;
+my $window = $x->root->create_child(
+ class => WINDOW_CLASS_INPUT_OUTPUT,
+ rect => [ 0, 0, 30, 30 ],
+ background_color => '#C0C0C0',
+);
+
+$window->map;
+# give it some time to be picked up by the window manager
+# TODO: better check for $window->mapped or something like that?
+# maybe we can even wait for getting mapped?
+my $c = 0;
+while (@{get_ws_content($tmp)} == 0 and $c++ < 5) {
+ sleep 0.25;
+}
+my $content = get_ws_content($tmp);
+ok(@{$content} == 1, 'window mapped');
+my $win = $content->[0];
+
+######################################################################
+# first test that matches which should not match this window really do
+# not match it
+######################################################################
+# TODO: use PCRE expressions
+# TODO: specify more match types
+$i3->command(q|[class="*"] kill|)->recv;
+$i3->command(q|[con_id="99999"] kill|)->recv;
+
+$content = get_ws_content($tmp);
+ok(@{$content} == 1, 'window still there');
+
+# now kill the window
+my $id = $win->{id};
+$i3->command(qq|[con_id="$id"] kill|)->recv;
+
+$content = get_ws_content($tmp);
+ok(@{$content} == 0, 'window killed');
+
+# TODO: same test, but with pcre expressions
+
+diag( "Testing i3, Perl $], $^X" );