diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index a7d2d71..c229a94 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
+from typing import Optional
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer, PreTrainedTokenizerBase
+
 from lmformatenforcer import CharacterLevelParser
 from lmformatenforcer.exceptions import LMFormatEnforcerException
+from lmformatenforcer.tokenenforcer import TokenEnforcer
+from lmformatenforcer.integrations.transformers import build_regular_tokens_list
+
+
+_tokenizer: Optional[PreTrainedTokenizerBase] = None
 
 
 class CharacterNotAllowedException(LMFormatEnforcerException):
     pass
 
 
-def assert_parser_with_string(string: str, parser: CharacterLevelParser, expect_success: bool):
+def assert_parser_with_string_direct(string: str, parser: CharacterLevelParser, expect_success: bool):
     for idx, character in enumerate(string):
         try:
             if character in parser.get_allowed_characters():
@@ -23,4 +31,54 @@ def assert_parser_with_string(string: str, parser: CharacterLevelParser, expect_
     if parser.can_end() and not expect_success:
         raise ValueError("Parser succeeded when it should have failed")
     if not parser.can_end() and expect_success:
-        raise ValueError("Parser did not reach end state when it should have")
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+        raise ValueError("Parser did not reach end state when it should have")
+    
+
+def assert_parser_with_string_token_enforcer(string: str, parser: CharacterLevelParser, expect_success: bool):
+    global _tokenizer
+    if _tokenizer is None:
+        model_id = 'TheBloke/Llama-2-7b-Chat-GPTQ'
+        _tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
+        
+    prompt = "This is my question:\n\n"
+    initial_token_array = _tokenizer.encode(prompt)
+    # While the LMFE allows several ways to build correct output using different token sequences, we only
+    # test for the tokenizer's default way to encode the output string, as we assume that it will
+    # take the shortest path, which is the most likely to be taken by the LM, and the one that challenges
+    # the parser the most.
+    target_token_array = _tokenizer.encode(prompt + string)
+    regular_tokens = build_regular_tokens_list(_tokenizer)
+    eos_token_id = _tokenizer.eos_token_id
+    if eos_token_id is None:
+        raise ValueError("Tokenizer does not have an EOS token")
+    
+    token_enforcer = TokenEnforcer(regular_tokens, parser, _tokenizer.decode, eos_token_id)
+    # The token enforcer is stateful - it keeps track of the parsing state as tokens arrive on a token by token basis.
+    # We simulate a language model that "chooses" the next token in the encoded sequence, and check that it is in the
+    # allowed list at every timestep.
+    for prefix_length in range(len(initial_token_array), len(target_token_array) + 1):
+        prefix = target_token_array[:prefix_length]
+        allowed_tokens = token_enforcer.get_allowed_tokens(prefix)
+        if prefix_length < len(target_token_array):
+            next_token = target_token_array[prefix_length]
+            if next_token not in allowed_tokens:
+                if expect_success:
+                    decoded_before = _tokenizer.decode(prefix, skip_special_tokens=True)
+                    decoded_after = _tokenizer.decode(prefix + [next_token], skip_special_tokens=True)
+                    next_char = decoded_after[len(decoded_before)]
+                    next_idx = len(decoded_before) - len(prompt)
+                    raise CharacterNotAllowedException(f"Parser does not allow '{next_char}' at index {next_idx}")
+                else:
+                    return  # Test success
+        else:
+            # Reached the end of the sequence, check that ending state matches expected ending state
+            can_end = eos_token_id in allowed_tokens
+            if can_end and not expect_success:
+                raise ValueError("Parser succeeded when it should have failed")
+            if not can_end and expect_success:
+                raise ValueError("Parser did not reach end state when it should have")
+        
+    
+def assert_parser_with_string(string: str, parser: CharacterLevelParser, expect_success: bool):
+    assert_parser_with_string_direct(string, parser, expect_success)
+    assert_parser_with_string_token_enforcer(string, parser, expect_success)