# File tests/common.rb, line 259
  def check_blob_metadata(blob, metadata_hash)
    meta_from_blob = {}
    #extract metadata from nokogiri blob xml
    (0.. (((blob/'blob/user_metadata').first).elements.size - 1) ).each do |i|
      meta_from_blob[(((blob/'blob/user_metadata').first).elements[i].attribute("key").value)] =
                                  (((blob/'blob/user_metadata').first).elements[i].children[1].text)
    end
    #remove any 'x-goog-meta-' prefixes (problem for google blobs and vcr...)
    meta_from_blob.gsub_keys(/x-.*-meta-/i, "")
    meta_from_blob.eql?(metadata_hash).should == true
  end