+/**
+ * tl_query does a simple query, and checks that the number of hits matches
+ */
+int tl_query(ZebraHandle zh, const char *query, zint exphits
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+
+/**
+ * tl_query does a simple query, and checks that error is what is expected
+ */
+int tl_query_x(ZebraHandle zh, const char *query, zint exphits,
+ int experror
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+/**
+ * tl_scan is a utility for scan testing
+ */
+int tl_scan(ZebraHandle zh, const char *query,
+ int pos, int num, /* input params */
+ int exp_pos, int exp_num, int exp_partial, /* expected result */
+ const char **exp_entries /* expected entries (or NULL) */
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+int tl_sort(ZebraHandle zh, const char *query, zint hits, zint *exp
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));
+
+/**
+ * ranking_query makes a query, checks number of hits, and for
+ * the first hit, that it contains the given string, and that it
+ * gets the right score
+ */
+int tl_ranking_query(ZebraHandle zh, char *query,
+ int exphits, char *firstrec, int firstscore
+ ) ZEBRA_GCC_ATTR((warn_unused_result));