final PagingList<SynonymItem> itemList1 = synonymFile.selectList(0, 20);
         assertEquals(5, itemList1.size());

         final SynonymItem synonymItem1 = itemList1.get(0);
         synonymItem1.setNewInputs(new String[] { "a1", "a2" });
         synonymItem1.setNewOutputs(new String[] { "A1", "A2" });
         synonymFile.update(synonymItem1);
         final PagingList<SynonymItem> itemList2 = synonymFile.selectList(0, 20);

        return newInputs == null ? null : newInputs.clone();
    }

    /**
     * Sets the new input words.
     *
     * @param newInputs The new input words.
     */
    public void setNewInputs(final String[] newInputs) {
        this.newInputs = newInputs;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the new output synonyms.
     * Returns a defensive copy to prevent external modification.
     *

        assertFalse(synonymItem.isUpdated());
        assertFalse(synonymItem.isDeleted());

        synonymItem.setNewInputs(new String[] { "1", "2" });
        synonymItem.setNewOutputs(new String[] { "3", "4" });
        assertTrue(synonymItem.isUpdated());
        assertFalse(synonymItem.isDeleted());

        synonymItem.setNewInputs(new String[0]);
        synonymItem.setNewOutputs(new String[0]);
        assertTrue(synonymItem.isUpdated());

    }

    /**
     * Sets the array of new input character sequences for update operations.
     *
     * @param newInputs array of new input sequences to set
     */
    public void setNewInputs(final String[] newInputs) {
        this.newInputs = newInputs;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the new output character sequence for update operations.
     *