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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use lib qw(t/lib);
+use DBICTest;
+
+my $schema = DBICTest->init_schema();
+
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+my @serializers = (
+ { module => 'YAML.pm',
+ inflater => sub { YAML::Load (shift) },
+ deflater => sub { die "Expecting a reference" unless (ref $_[0]); YAML::Dump (shift) },
+ },
+ { module => 'Storable.pm',
+ inflater => sub { Storable::thaw (shift) },
+ deflater => sub { die "Expecting a reference" unless (ref $_[0]); Storable::nfreeze (shift) },
+ },
+);
+
+
+my $selected;
+foreach my $serializer (@serializers) {
+ eval { require $serializer->{module} };
+ unless ($@) {
+ $selected = $serializer;
+ last;
+ }
+}
+
+plan (skip_all => "No suitable serializer found") unless $selected;
+
+plan (tests => 8);
+DBICTest::Schema::Serialized->inflate_column( 'serialized',
+ { inflate => $selected->{inflater},
+ deflate => $selected->{deflater},
+ },
+);
+Class::C3->reinitialize;
+
+my $struct_hash = {
+ a => 1,
+ b => [
+ { c => 2 },
+ ],
+ d => 3,
+};
+
+my $struct_array = [
+ 'a',
+ {
+ b => 1,
+ c => 2
+ },
+ 'd',
+];
+
+my $rs = $schema->resultset('Serialized');
+my $inflated;
+
+#======= testing hashref serialization
+
+my $object = $rs->create( {
+ id => 1,
+ serialized => '',
+} );
+ok($object->update( { serialized => $struct_hash } ), 'hashref deflation');
+ok($inflated = $object->serialized, 'hashref inflation');
+is_deeply($inflated, $struct_hash, 'inflated hash matches original');
+
+$object = $rs->create( {
+ id => 2,
+ serialized => '',
+} );
+eval { $object->set_inflated_column('serialized', $struct_hash) };
+ok(!$@, 'set_inflated_column to a hashref');
+is_deeply($object->serialized, $struct_hash, 'inflated hash matches original');
+
+
+#====== testing arrayref serialization
+
+ok($object->update( { serialized => $struct_array } ), 'arrayref deflation');
+ok($inflated = $object->serialized, 'arrayref inflation');
+is_deeply($inflated, $struct_array, 'inflated array matches original');