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+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using Serilog.Core;
+using Serilog.Debugging;
+using Serilog.Events;
+using Serilog.Parameters;
+using Serilog.Parsing;
+using Serilog.Tests.Support;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Serilog.Tests.Core
+{
+    public class LogEventPropertyCapturingTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void CapturingANamedScalarStringWorks()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(
+                new[] { new LogEventProperty("who", new ScalarValue("world")) },
+                Capture("Hello {who}", "world"),
+                new LogEventPropertyStructuralEqualityComparer());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CapturingAPositionalScalarStringWorks()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(
+                new[] { new LogEventProperty("0", new ScalarValue("world")) },
+                Capture("Hello {0}", "world"),
+                new LogEventPropertyStructuralEqualityComparer());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CapturingMixedPositionalAndNamedScalarsWorksUsingNames()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(new[]
+                {
+                    new LogEventProperty("who", new ScalarValue("worldNamed")),
+                    new LogEventProperty("0", new ScalarValue("worldPositional")),
+                },
+                Capture("Hello {who} {0} {0}", "worldNamed", "worldPositional"),
+                new LogEventPropertyStructuralEqualityComparer());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CapturingIntArrayAsScalarSequenceValuesWorks()
+        {
+            const string template = "Hello {sequence}";
+            var templateArguments = new[] { 1, 2, 3, };
+            var expected = new[] {
+                new LogEventProperty("sequence",
+                    new SequenceValue(new[] {
+                        new ScalarValue(1),
+                        new ScalarValue(2),
+                        new ScalarValue(3) })) };
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, Capture(template, templateArguments),
+                new LogEventPropertyStructuralEqualityComparer());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CapturingDestructuredStringArrayAsScalarSequenceValuesWorks()
+        {
+            const string template = "Hello {@sequence}";
+            var templateArguments = new[] { "1", "2", "3", };
+            var expected = new[] {
+                new LogEventProperty("sequence",
+                    new SequenceValue(new[] {
+                        new ScalarValue("1"),
+                        new ScalarValue("2"),
+                        new ScalarValue("3") })) };
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, Capture(template, new object[] { templateArguments }),
+                new LogEventPropertyStructuralEqualityComparer());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WillCaptureProvidedPositionalValuesEvenIfSomeAreMissing()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(new[]
+                {
+                    new LogEventProperty("0", new ScalarValue(0)),
+                    new LogEventProperty("1", new ScalarValue(1)),
+                },
+                Capture("Hello {3} {2} {1} {0} nothing more", 0, 1), // missing {2} and {3}
+                new LogEventPropertyStructuralEqualityComparer());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WillCaptureProvidedNamedValuesEvenIfSomeAreMissing()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(new[]
+                {
+                    new LogEventProperty("who", new ScalarValue("who")),
+                    new LogEventProperty("what", new ScalarValue("what")),
+                },
+                Capture("Hello {who} {what} {where}", "who", "what"), // missing "where"
+                new LogEventPropertyStructuralEqualityComparer());
+        }
+
+        static IEnumerable<LogEventProperty> Capture(string messageTemplate, params object[] properties)
+        {
+            var mt = new MessageTemplateParser().Parse(messageTemplate);
+            var binder = new PropertyBinder(
+                new PropertyValueConverter(10, Enumerable.Empty<Type>(), Enumerable.Empty<IDestructuringPolicy>()));
+            return binder.ConstructProperties(mt, properties);
+        }
+
+    }
+}