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+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2018 Philipp Hancke. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree.
+ */
+/* eslint-env node */
+'use strict';
+
+/*
+ * a wrapper around the internal transceiver that exposes a
+ * spec RTCRtpTransceiver.
+ */
+module.exports = function() {
+  var RTCRtpTransceiver = function(peerConnectionTransceiver) {
+    this.peerConnectionTransceiver = peerConnectionTransceiver;
+  };
+  Object.defineProperty(RTCRtpTransceiver.prototype, 'mid', {
+    get: function() {
+      return this.peerConnectionTransceiver.mid;
+    }
+  });
+
+  Object.defineProperty(RTCRtpTransceiver.prototype, 'sender', {
+    get: function() {
+      return this.peerConnectionTransceiver.rtpSender;
+    }
+  });
+
+  Object.defineProperty(RTCRtpTransceiver.prototype, 'receiver', {
+    get: function() {
+      return this.peerConnectionTransceiver.rtpReceiver;
+    }
+  });
+
+  Object.defineProperty(RTCRtpTransceiver.prototype, 'direction', {
+    get: function() {
+      return this.peerConnectionTransceiver.direction || 'sendrecv';
+    },
+    set: function(newDirection) {
+      return this.peerConnectionTransceiver.direction = newDirection;
+    }
+  });
+  return RTCRtpTransceiver;
+};
diff --git a/test/rtcrtptransceiver.js b/test/rtcrtptransceiver.js
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+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2018 Philipp Hancke. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
+ *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
+ *  tree.
+ */
+/* eslint-env node */
+'use strict';
+
+const chai = require('chai');
+const expect = chai.expect;
+
+const shimRTCRtpTransceiver = require('../rtcrtptransceiver');
+const RTCTransceiver = shimRTCRtpTransceiver();
+
+function mockTransceiver() {
+  return {
+    mid: 'mock mid',
+    rtpSender: 'mock sender',
+    rtpReceiver: 'mock receiver',
+    direction: 'mock direction'
+  };
+}
+
+describe('RTCRtpTransceiver', () => {
+  let transceiver;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    transceiver = new RTCTransceiver(mockTransceiver());
+  });
+
+  it('returns the transceiver mid', () => {
+    expect(transceiver.mid).to.equal('mock mid');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the transceiver sender', () => {
+    expect(transceiver.sender).to.equal('mock sender');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the transceiver receiver', () => {
+    expect(transceiver.receiver).to.equal('mock receiver');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the transceiver direction', () => {
+    expect(transceiver.direction).to.equal('mock direction');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the transceiver default sendrecv direction', () => {
+    transceiver = new RTCTransceiver({});
+    expect(transceiver.direction).to.equal('sendrecv');
+  });
+
+  it('sets the internal direction', () => {
+    const internalTransceiver = {direction: 'something'};
+    transceiver = new RTCTransceiver(internalTransceiver);
+    transceiver.direction = 'sendrecv';
+    expect(internalTransceiver.direction).to.equal('sendrecv');
+  });
+});