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+import { parseForESLint } from '@typescript-eslint/parser';
+import type { TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/typescript-estree';
+import path from 'path';
+import type * as ts from 'typescript';
+
+import { isSymbolFromDefaultLibrary } from '../src';
+import { expectToHaveParserServices } from './test-utils/expectToHaveParserServices';
+
+describe('isSymbolFromDefaultLibrary', () => {
+  const rootDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
+
+  function getTypes(code: string): {
+    program: ts.Program;
+    symbol: ts.Symbol | undefined;
+  } {
+    const { services, ast } = parseForESLint(code, {
+      project: './tsconfig.json',
+      filePath: path.join(rootDir, 'file.ts'),
+      tsconfigRootDir: rootDir,
+    });
+    expectToHaveParserServices(services);
+    const declaration = ast.body[0] as TSESTree.TSTypeAliasDeclaration;
+    const type = services.getTypeAtLocation(declaration.id);
+    return { program: services.program, symbol: type.getSymbol() };
+  }
+
+  function runTestForAliasDeclaration(code: string, expected: boolean): void {
+    const { program, symbol } = getTypes(code);
+    const result = isSymbolFromDefaultLibrary(program, symbol);
+    expect(result).toBe(expected);
+  }
+
+  describe('is symbol from default library', () => {
+    function runTest(code: string): void {
+      runTestForAliasDeclaration(code, true);
+    }
+
+    it.each([
+      ['type Test = Array<number>;'],
+      ['type Test = Map<string,number>;'],
+      ['type Test = Promise<void>'],
+      ['type Test = Error'],
+      ['type Test = Object'],
+    ])('when code is %s, returns true', runTest);
+  });
+
+  describe('is not symbol from default library', () => {
+    function runTest(code: string): void {
+      runTestForAliasDeclaration(code, false);
+    }
+
+    it.each([
+      ['const test: Array<number> = [1,2,3];'],
+      ['type Test = number;'],
+      ['interface Test { bar: string; };'],
+    ])('when code is %s, returns false', runTest);
+  });
+});