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+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Soap\Encoding\Test\PhpCompatibility\Implied;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\CoversClass;
+use Soap\Encoding\Decoder;
+use Soap\Encoding\Driver;
+use Soap\Encoding\Encoder;
+use Soap\Encoding\Test\PhpCompatibility\AbstractCompatibilityTests;
+
+/**
+ * A repeating group reference around a choice (xsd-reader fix): both choice
+ * members become optional, unbounded list elements on the referencing type.
+ * On the wire that is repeated sibling elements - this proves the encoder
+ * writes one element per list item and the decoder collects them back into
+ * arrays, even when the two branches are interleaved.
+ */
+#[CoversClass(Driver::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Encoder::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Decoder::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Encoder\RepeatingElementEncoder::class)]
+#[CoversClass(Encoder\ObjectEncoder::class)]
+final class ImpliedSchema017Test extends AbstractCompatibilityTests
+{
+    protected string $style = 'document';
+    protected string $use = 'literal';
+    protected string $attributeFormDefault = 'elementFormDefault="qualified"';
+
+    protected string $schema = <<<EOXML
+    <group name="Operation">
+        <choice>
+            <element name="delete" type="xsd:string" />
+            <element name="write" type="xsd:string" />
+        </choice>
+    </group>
+    <complexType name="Message">
+        <sequence>
+            <element name="transactionId" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+            <group ref="tns:Operation" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+        </sequence>
+    </complexType>
+    EOXML;
+    protected string $type = 'type="tns:Message"';
+
+    protected function calculateParam(): mixed
+    {
+        return (object) [
+            'transactionId' => 'TX1',
+            'delete' => ['A', 'B'],
+            'write' => ['C'],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    protected function expectXml(): string
+    {
+        return <<<XML
+        <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+            <SOAP-ENV:Body xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+                <tns:Message xmlns:tns="http://test-uri/">
+                    <tns:transactionId xmlns:tns="http://test-uri/">TX1</tns:transactionId>
+                    <tns:delete xmlns:tns="http://test-uri/">A</tns:delete>
+                    <tns:delete xmlns:tns="http://test-uri/">B</tns:delete>
+                    <tns:write xmlns:tns="http://test-uri/">C</tns:write>
+                </tns:Message>
+            </SOAP-ENV:Body>
+        </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
+        XML;
+    }
+}