diff --git a/test/test.rs b/test/test.rs
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+extern crate rocksdb;
+
+mod test_iterator;
diff --git a/test/test_iterator.rs b/test/test_iterator.rs
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+use rocksdb::{Options, RocksDB, Writable, Direction};
+use std;
+
+
+#[test]
+pub fn test_iterator() {
+    let path = "_rust_rocksdb_iteratortest";
+    {
+        let k1:Box<[u8]> = b"k1".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let k2:Box<[u8]> = b"k2".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let k3:Box<[u8]> = b"k3".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let k4:Box<[u8]> = b"k4".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let v1:Box<[u8]> = b"v1111".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let v2:Box<[u8]> = b"v2222".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let v3:Box<[u8]> = b"v3333".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let v4:Box<[u8]> = b"v4444".to_vec().into_boxed_slice();
+        let mut db = RocksDB::open_default(path).unwrap();
+        let p = db.put(&*k1, &*v1);
+        assert!(p.is_ok());
+        let p = db.put(&*k2, &*v2);
+        assert!(p.is_ok());
+        let p = db.put(&*k3, &*v3);
+        assert!(p.is_ok());
+        let mut view1 = db.iterator();
+        let expected = vec![(k1, v1), (k2, v2), (k3, v3)];
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_start();
+            assert_eq!(iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+        }
+        // Test that it's reusable a few times
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_start();
+            assert_eq!(iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+        }
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_start();
+            assert_eq!(iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+        }
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_start();
+            assert_eq!(iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+        }
+        // Test it in reverse a few times
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_end();
+            let mut tmp_vec = iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            tmp_vec.reverse();
+            assert_eq!(tmp_vec, expected);
+        }
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_end();
+            let mut tmp_vec = iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            tmp_vec.reverse();
+            assert_eq!(tmp_vec, expected);
+        }
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_end();
+            let mut tmp_vec = iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            tmp_vec.reverse();
+            assert_eq!(tmp_vec, expected);
+        }
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_end();
+            let mut tmp_vec = iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            tmp_vec.reverse();
+            assert_eq!(tmp_vec, expected);
+        }
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_end();
+            let mut tmp_vec = iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            tmp_vec.reverse();
+            assert_eq!(tmp_vec, expected);
+        }
+        // Try it forward again
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_start();
+            assert_eq!(iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+        }
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_start();
+            assert_eq!(iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected);
+        }
+
+        let mut view2 = db.iterator();
+        let p = db.put(k4, v4);
+        assert!(p.is_ok());
+        let mut view3 = db.iterator();
+        let expected2 = vec![(k1, v1), (k2, v2), (k3, v3), (k4, v4)];
+        {
+            let mut iterator1 = view1.from_start();
+            assert_eq!(iterator1.collect::<Vec<_>>(), expected2);
+        }
+//TODO continue implementing tests!
+        println!("See the output of the third iter");
+        for (k,v) in view3.from_start() {
+            //println!("Hello {}: {}", std::str::from_utf8(k).unwrap(), std::str::from_utf8(v).unwrap());
+        }
+        println!("now the 3rd iter from k2 fwd");
+        for (k,v) in view3.from(b"k2", Direction::forward) {
+            //println!("Hello {}: {}", std::str::from_utf8(k).unwrap(), std::str::from_utf8(v).unwrap());
+        }
+        println!("now the 3rd iter from k2 and back");
+        for (k,v) in view3.from(b"k2", Direction::reverse) {
+            //println!("Hello {}: {}", std::str::from_utf8(k).unwrap(), std::str::from_utf8(v).unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+    let opts = Options::new();
+    assert!(RocksDB::destroy(&opts, path).is_ok());
+}
+