1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index 38be2cd437f..bf6d5074fde 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -218,6 +218,33 @@ class ElementTreeTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def serialize_check(self, elem, expected):
         self.assertEqual(serialize(elem), expected)
 
+    def test_constructor(self):
+        # Test constructor behavior.
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            tree = ET.ElementTree("")
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            tree = ET.ElementTree(ET.ElementTree())
+
+    def test_setroot(self):
+        # Test _setroot behavior.
+
+        tree = ET.ElementTree()
+        element = ET.Element("tag")
+        tree._setroot(element)
+        self.assertEqual(tree.getroot().tag, "tag")
+        self.assertEqual(tree.getroot(), element)
+
+        # Test behavior with an invalid root element
+
+        tree = ET.ElementTree()
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            tree._setroot("")
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            tree._setroot(ET.ElementTree())
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            tree._setroot(None)
+
     def test_interface(self):
         # Test element tree interface.