diff --git a/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/integration/Test28MultipartLoadSpec.scala b/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/integration/Test28MultipartLoadSpec.scala
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 ABSA Group Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package za.co.absa.cobrix.spark.cobol.source.integration
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame
+import org.scalatest.WordSpec
+import za.co.absa.cobrix.spark.cobol.source.base.SparkTestBase
+import za.co.absa.cobrix.spark.cobol.source.fixtures.BinaryFileFixture
+
+//noinspection NameBooleanParameters
+class Test28MultipartLoadSpec extends WordSpec with SparkTestBase with BinaryFileFixture {
+
+  private val exampleName = "Test26 (custom record extractor)"
+
+  private val copybook =
+    """      01  R.
+                03 A        PIC X(2).
+                03 B        PIC X(1).
+      """
+  private val data1 = "AABBBCCDDDEEFFFZYY"
+  private val data2 = "BAABBBCCDDDEEFFFZY"
+
+  "Multipart path spec" should {
+    "load avv available copybooks" in {
+      val expected = """"""
+
+      withTempBinFile("rec_len1", ".dat", data1.getBytes) { tmpFileName1 =>
+        withTempBinFile("rec_len2", ".dat", data2.getBytes) { tmpFileName2 =>
+
+
+          intercept[IllegalStateException] {
+            val df = getDataFrame(Seq(tmpFileName1, tmpFileName1))
+
+            val actual = df.toJSON.collect().mkString("[", ",", "]")
+          }
+
+          //assert(df.count() == 12)
+          //assert(actual == expected)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def getDataFrame(inputPaths: Seq[String], extraOptions: Map[String, String] = Map.empty[String, String]): DataFrame = {
+    spark
+      .read
+      .format("cobol")
+      .option("copybook_contents", copybook)
+      .option("encoding", "ascii")
+      .option("record_length", "2")
+      .option("schema_retention_policy", "collapse_root")
+      .options(extraOptions)
+      .load(inputPaths: _*)
+  }
+
+
+}