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+import pytest, os
+import reframe as rfm
+from feelpp.benchmarking.reframe.parameters import ParameterFactory
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+
+
+def configure_mock_runtime(mock_runtime):
+    mock_partition = MagicMock()
+    mock_partition.name = 'mock_partition'
+    mock_partition.processor.num_cpus = 4
+
+    mock_environ = MagicMock()
+    mock_environ.name = 'mock_env'
+
+    mock_runtime().system = MagicMock()
+    mock_runtime().system.partitions = [mock_partition]
+    mock_runtime().system.environs = [mock_environ]
+
+    return mock_partition, mock_environ
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def setup_environment():
+    """Set environment variables required for ReFrame tests."""
+    os.environ["MACHINE_CONFIG_FILEPATH"] = "./config/machines/gaya_ci.json"
+    os.environ["APP_CONFIG_FILEPATH"] = "./tests/data/parameters/mockAppConfig.json"
+
+
+class TestReframeParameters:
+    """Tests parameter manipulation inside the ReFrame pipeline
+    It initializes the ReFrame Setup with dummy configurations.
+    """
+
+    @patch('reframe.core.runtime.runtime')
+    def test_parametersInit(self, mock_runtime):
+        """ Checks that the `parameters` attribute is correctly constructed
+        Checks that all reframe parameter are initialized as attributes
+        """
+        configure_mock_runtime(mock_runtime)
+        from feelpp.benchmarking.reframe.setup import ReframeSetup
+
+        rfm_setup = ReframeSetup
+        input_parameters = rfm_setup.app_setup.reader.config.parameters
+        subparameter_map = rfm_setup.parameters
+
+        for parameter in input_parameters:
+            assert parameter.name in subparameter_map
+            if parameter.mode == "zip":
+                assert subparameter_map[parameter.name] == [subp.name for subp in parameter.zip]
+            elif parameter.mode == "sequence" and all(type(s)==dict and s.keys() for s in parameter.sequence):
+                print(parameter.sequence)
+                assert all(subp in subparameter_map[parameter.name] for subp in parameter.sequence[0].keys())
+            else:
+                assert subparameter_map[parameter.name] == []
+            assert hasattr(rfm_setup, parameter.name)
+
+    @patch('reframe.core.runtime.runtime')
+    def test_parameterValues(self, mock_runtime):
+        """Verify parameter values are correctly initialized in ReFrame."""
+        configure_mock_runtime(mock_runtime)
+        from feelpp.benchmarking.reframe.setup import ReframeSetup
+
+        rfm_setup = ReframeSetup()
+        input_parameters = rfm_setup.app_setup.reader.config.parameters
+
+        for param_name, rfm_param in rfm_setup._rfm_param_space.params.items():
+            param_values = list(
+                ParameterFactory.create(next(p for p in input_parameters if p.name == param_name)).parametrize()
+            )
+            assert tuple(param_values) == rfm_param.values
+
+    @patch('reframe.core.runtime.runtime')
+    def test_setupParameters(self, mock_runtime):
+        pass
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