Metacat

			// delete the object

			targetMetacat.delete(docid);

			// wait for replication (forced)

			Thread.sleep(forceReplicationSleep);

			// check that it is missing

			replicatedObject = null;

			try {

	    		is = m.read(docid);

				replicatedObject = IOUtils.toString(is, MetaCatServlet.DEFAULT_ENCODING);

			} catch (DocumentNotFoundException dnfe) {

				// expect this

				assertTrue(true);

			}

			assertNull(replicatedObject);