diff --git a/test/data/StorageFileTest/InvalidData.txt b/test/data/StorageFileTest/InvalidData.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91e8971a4
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+++ b/test/data/StorageFileTest/InvalidData.txt
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<AddressBook>
+    <persons>
+        <invalid>data</invalid>
+    </persons>
+</AddressBook>
diff --git a/test/data/StorageFileTest/ValidData.txt b/test/data/StorageFileTest/ValidData.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..968fccfdc
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+++ b/test/data/StorageFileTest/ValidData.txt
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<AddressBook>
+    <persons>
+        <name>John Doe</name>
+        <phone isPrivate="false">98765432</phone>
+        <email isPrivate="false">johnd@gmail.com</email>
+        <address isPrivate="false">John street, block 123, #01-01</address>
+    </persons>
+    <persons>
+        <name>Betsy Crowe</name>
+        <phone isPrivate="true">1234567</phone>
+        <email isPrivate="false">betsycrowe@gmail.com</email>
+        <address isPrivate="true">Newgate Prison</address>
+        <tagged>friend</tagged>
+        <tagged>criminal</tagged>
+    </persons>
+    <tags>friend</tags>
+    <tags>criminal</tags>
+</AddressBook>
diff --git a/test/java/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFileTest.java b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFileTest.java
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index 000000000..1bd6fcab3
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+++ b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/storage/StorageFileTest.java
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+package seedu.addressbook.storage;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+import seedu.addressbook.data.AddressBook;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.exception.IllegalValueException;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.person.Address;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.person.Email;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.person.Name;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.person.Person;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.person.Phone;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.tag.Tag;
+import seedu.addressbook.data.tag.UniqueTagList;
+import seedu.addressbook.storage.StorageFile.StorageOperationException;
+import static seedu.addressbook.util.TestUtil.assertTextFilesEqual;
+
+public class StorageFileTest {
+    private static final String TEST_DATA_FOLDER = "test/data/StorageFileTest";
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    @Rule
+    public TemporaryFolder testFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+    @Test
+    public void constructor_nullFilePath_exceptionThrown() throws Exception {
+        thrown.expect(NullPointerException.class);
+        new StorageFile(null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void constructor_noTxtExtension_exceptionThrown() throws Exception {
+        thrown.expect(IllegalValueException.class);
+        new StorageFile(TEST_DATA_FOLDER + "/" + "InvalidfileName");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void load_invalidFormat_exceptionThrown() throws Exception {
+        // The file contains valid xml data, but does not match the AddressBook class
+        StorageFile storage = getStorage("InvalidData.txt");
+        thrown.expect(StorageOperationException.class);
+        storage.load();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void load_validFormat() throws Exception {
+        AddressBook actualAB = getStorage("ValidData.txt").load();
+        AddressBook expectedAB = getTestAddressBook();
+
+        // ensure loaded AddressBook is properly constructed with test data
+        // TODO: overwrite equals method in AddressBook class and replace with equals method below
+        assertEquals(actualAB.getAllPersons(), expectedAB.getAllPersons());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void save_nullAddressBook_exceptionThrown() throws Exception {
+        StorageFile storage = getTempStorage();
+        thrown.expect(NullPointerException.class);
+        storage.save(null);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void save_validAddressBook() throws Exception {
+        AddressBook ab = getTestAddressBook();
+        StorageFile storage = getTempStorage();
+        storage.save(ab);
+
+        assertStorageFilesEqual(storage, getStorage("ValidData.txt"));
+    }
+
+    // getPath() method in StorageFile class is trivial so it is not tested
+
+    /**
+     * Asserts that the contents of two storage files are the same.
+     */
+    private void assertStorageFilesEqual(StorageFile sf1, StorageFile sf2) throws Exception {
+        assertTextFilesEqual(Paths.get(sf1.getPath()), Paths.get(sf2.getPath()));
+    }
+
+    private StorageFile getStorage(String fileName) throws Exception {
+        return new StorageFile(TEST_DATA_FOLDER + "/" + fileName);
+    }
+
+    private StorageFile getTempStorage() throws Exception {
+        return new StorageFile(testFolder.getRoot().getPath() + "/" + "temp.txt");
+    }
+
+    private AddressBook getTestAddressBook() throws Exception {
+        AddressBook ab = new AddressBook();
+        ab.addPerson(new Person(new Name("John Doe"),
+                                new Phone("98765432", false),
+                                new Email("johnd@gmail.com", false),
+                                new Address("John street, block 123, #01-01", false),
+                                new UniqueTagList(Collections.emptySet())));
+        ab.addPerson(new Person(new Name("Betsy Crowe"),
+                                new Phone("1234567", true),
+                                new Email("betsycrowe@gmail.com", false),
+                                new Address("Newgate Prison", true),
+                                new UniqueTagList(new Tag("friend"), new Tag("criminal"))));
+        return ab;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/java/seedu/addressbook/util/TestUtil.java b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/util/TestUtil.java
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index 000000000..18fbfba7a
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+++ b/test/java/seedu/addressbook/util/TestUtil.java
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+package seedu.addressbook.util;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TestUtil {
+    /**
+     * Asserts whether the text in the two given files are the same. Ignores any
+     * differences in line endings
+     */
+    public static void assertTextFilesEqual(Path path1, Path path2) throws IOException {
+        List<String> list1 = Files.readAllLines(path1, Charset.defaultCharset());
+        List<String> list2 = Files.readAllLines(path2, Charset.defaultCharset());
+        assertEquals(String.join("\n", list1), String.join("\n", list2));
+    }
+}