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+require "cases/helper"
+require 'models/contact'
+
+class SerializationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+ FORMATS = [ :xml, :json ]
+
+ def setup
+ @contact_attributes = {
+ :name => 'aaron stack',
+ :age => 25,
+ :avatar => 'binarydata',
+ :created_at => Time.utc(2006, 8, 1),
+ :awesome => false,
+ :preferences => { :gem => '<strong>ruby</strong>' }
+ }
+
+ @contact = Contact.new(@contact_attributes)
+ end
+
+ def test_serialize_should_be_reversible
+ for format in FORMATS
+ @serialized = Contact.new.send("to_#{format}")
+ contact = Contact.new.send("from_#{format}", @serialized)
+
+ assert_equal @contact_attributes.keys.collect(&:to_s).sort, contact.attributes.keys.collect(&:to_s).sort, "For #{format}"
+ end
+ end
+
+ def test_serialize_should_allow_attribute_only_filtering
+ for format in FORMATS
+ @serialized = Contact.new(@contact_attributes).send("to_#{format}", :only => [ :age, :name ])
+ contact = Contact.new.send("from_#{format}", @serialized)
+ assert_equal @contact_attributes[:name], contact.name, "For #{format}"
+ assert_nil contact.avatar, "For #{format}"
+ end
+ end
+
+ def test_serialize_should_allow_attribute_except_filtering
+ for format in FORMATS
+ @serialized = Contact.new(@contact_attributes).send("to_#{format}", :except => [ :age, :name ])
+ contact = Contact.new.send("from_#{format}", @serialized)
+ assert_nil contact.name, "For #{format}"
+ assert_nil contact.age, "For #{format}"
+ assert_equal @contact_attributes[:awesome], contact.awesome, "For #{format}"
+ end
+ end
+end