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diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/serializers_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/serializers_regress/models.py
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+"""
+A test spanning all the capabilities of all the serializers.
+
+This class sets up a model for each model field type 
+(except for image types, because of the PIL dependency).
+"""
+
+from django.db import models
+    
+# The following classes are for testing basic data 
+# marshalling, including NULL values.
+
+class BooleanData(models.Model):
+    data = models.BooleanField(null=True)
+    
+class CharData(models.Model):
+    data = models.CharField(maxlength=30, null=True)
+
+class DateData(models.Model):
+    data = models.DateField(null=True)
+
+class DateTimeData(models.Model):
+    data = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
+
+class EmailData(models.Model):
+    data = models.EmailField(null=True)
+
+class FileData(models.Model):
+    data = models.FileField(null=True, upload_to='/foo/bar')
+
+class FilePathData(models.Model):
+    data = models.FilePathField(null=True)
+
+class FloatData(models.Model):
+    data = models.FloatField(null=True, decimal_places=3, max_digits=5)
+
+class IntegerData(models.Model):
+    data = models.IntegerField(null=True)
+
+# class ImageData(models.Model):
+#    data = models.ImageField(null=True)
+
+class IPAddressData(models.Model):
+    data = models.IPAddressField(null=True)
+
+class NullBooleanData(models.Model):
+    data = models.NullBooleanField(null=True)
+
+class PhoneData(models.Model):
+    data = models.PhoneNumberField(null=True)
+
+class PositiveIntegerData(models.Model):
+    data = models.PositiveIntegerField(null=True)
+
+class PositiveSmallIntegerData(models.Model):
+    data = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(null=True)
+
+class SlugData(models.Model):
+    data = models.SlugField(null=True)
+
+class SmallData(models.Model):
+    data = models.SmallIntegerField(null=True)
+
+class TextData(models.Model):
+    data = models.TextField(null=True)
+
+class TimeData(models.Model):
+    data = models.TimeField(null=True)
+
+class USStateData(models.Model):
+    data = models.USStateField(null=True)
+
+class XMLData(models.Model):
+    data = models.XMLField(null=True)
+    
+# The following test classes are all for validation
+# of related objects; in particular, forward, backward,
+# and self references.
+    
+class Anchor(models.Model):
+    """This is a model that can be used as 
+    something for other models to point at"""
+    
+    data = models.CharField(maxlength=30)
+    
+class FKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.ForeignKey(Anchor, null=True)
+    
+class M2MData(models.Model):
+    data = models.ManyToManyField(Anchor, null=True)
+    
+class O2OData(models.Model):
+    data = models.OneToOneField(Anchor, null=True)
+
+class FKSelfData(models.Model):
+    data = models.ForeignKey('self', null=True)
+    
+class M2MSelfData(models.Model):
+    data = models.ManyToManyField('self', null=True, symmetrical=False)
+
+# The following test classes are for validating the
+# deserialization of objects that use a user-defined
+# field as the primary key.
+# Some of these data types have been commented out
+# because they can't be used as a primary key on one
+# or all database backends.
+
+class BooleanPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.BooleanField(primary_key=True)
+    
+class CharPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.CharField(maxlength=30, primary_key=True)
+
+# class DatePKData(models.Model):
+#    data = models.DateField(primary_key=True)
+
+# class DateTimePKData(models.Model):
+#    data = models.DateTimeField(primary_key=True)
+
+class EmailPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.EmailField(primary_key=True)
+
+class FilePKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.FileField(primary_key=True, upload_to='/foo/bar')
+
+class FilePathPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.FilePathField(primary_key=True)
+
+class FloatPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.FloatField(primary_key=True, decimal_places=3, max_digits=5)
+
+class IntegerPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True)
+
+# class ImagePKData(models.Model):
+#    data = models.ImageField(primary_key=True)
+
+class IPAddressPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.IPAddressField(primary_key=True)
+
+class NullBooleanPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.NullBooleanField(primary_key=True)
+
+class PhonePKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.PhoneNumberField(primary_key=True)
+
+class PositiveIntegerPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.PositiveIntegerField(primary_key=True)
+
+class PositiveSmallIntegerPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(primary_key=True)
+
+class SlugPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.SlugField(primary_key=True)
+
+class SmallPKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.SmallIntegerField(primary_key=True)
+
+# class TextPKData(models.Model):
+#     data = models.TextField(primary_key=True)
+
+# class TimePKData(models.Model):
+#    data = models.TimeField(primary_key=True)
+
+class USStatePKData(models.Model):
+    data = models.USStateField(primary_key=True)
+
+# class XMLPKData(models.Model):
+#     data = models.XMLField(primary_key=True)
+
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/serializers_regress/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/serializers_regress/tests.py
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+"""
+A test spanning all the capabilities of all the serializers.
+
+This class defines sample data and a dynamically generated
+test case that is capable of testing the capabilities of 
+the serializers. This includes all valid data values, plus
+forward, backwards and self references.
+"""
+
+
+import unittest, datetime
+
+from django.utils.functional import curry
+from django.core import serializers
+from django.db import transaction
+from django.core import management
+
+from models import *
+
+# A set of functions that can be used to recreate
+# test data objects of various kinds
+def data_create(pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass(id=pk)
+    instance.data = data
+    instance.save()    
+    return instance
+    
+def fk_create(pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass(id=pk)
+    setattr(instance, 'data_id', data)
+    instance.save()
+    return instance
+    
+def m2m_create(pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass(id=pk)
+    instance.save()
+    instance.data = data
+    return instance
+
+def o2o_create(pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass()
+    instance.data_id = data
+    instance.save()
+    return instance
+
+def pk_create(pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass()
+    instance.data = data
+    instance.save()
+    return instance
+
+# A set of functions that can be used to compare
+# test data objects of various kinds
+def data_compare(testcase, pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass.objects.get(id=pk)
+    testcase.assertEqual(data, instance.data, 
+                         "Objects with PK=%d not equal; expected '%s', got '%s'" % (pk,data,instance.data))
+
+def fk_compare(testcase, pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass.objects.get(id=pk)
+    testcase.assertEqual(data, instance.data_id)
+
+def m2m_compare(testcase, pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass.objects.get(id=pk)
+    testcase.assertEqual(data, [obj.id for obj in instance.data.all()])
+
+def o2o_compare(testcase, pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass.objects.get(data=data)
+    testcase.assertEqual(data, instance.data_id)
+
+def pk_compare(testcase, pk, klass, data):
+    instance = klass.objects.get(data=data)
+    testcase.assertEqual(data, instance.data)
+        
+# Define some data types. Each data type is
+# actually a pair of functions; one to create
+# and one to compare objects of that type
+data_obj = (data_create, data_compare)
+fk_obj = (fk_create, fk_compare)
+m2m_obj = (m2m_create, m2m_compare)
+o2o_obj = (o2o_create, o2o_compare)
+pk_obj = (pk_create, pk_compare)
+
+test_data = [
+    # Format: (data type, PK value, Model Class, data)  
+    (data_obj, 1, BooleanData, True),
+    (data_obj, 2, BooleanData, False),
+    (data_obj, 10, CharData, "Test Char Data"),
+    (data_obj, 11, CharData, ""),
+    (data_obj, 12, CharData, "None"),
+    (data_obj, 13, CharData, "null"),
+    (data_obj, 14, CharData, "NULL"),
+    (data_obj, 15, CharData, None),
+    (data_obj, 20, DateData, datetime.date(2006,6,16)),
+    (data_obj, 21, DateData, None),
+    (data_obj, 30, DateTimeData, datetime.datetime(2006,6,16,10,42,37)),
+    (data_obj, 31, DateTimeData, None),
+    (data_obj, 40, EmailData, "hovercraft@example.com"),
+    (data_obj, 41, EmailData, None),
+    (data_obj, 50, FileData, 'file:///foo/bar/whiz.txt'),
+    (data_obj, 51, FileData, None),
+    (data_obj, 60, FilePathData, "/foo/bar/whiz.txt"),
+    (data_obj, 61, FilePathData, None),
+    (data_obj, 70, FloatData, 12.345),
+    (data_obj, 71, FloatData, -12.345),
+    (data_obj, 72, FloatData, 0.0),
+    (data_obj, 73, FloatData, None),
+    (data_obj, 80, IntegerData, 123456789),
+    (data_obj, 81, IntegerData, -123456789),
+    (data_obj, 82, IntegerData, 0),
+    (data_obj, 83, IntegerData, None),
+    #(XX, ImageData
+    (data_obj, 90, IPAddressData, "127.0.0.1"),
+    (data_obj, 91, IPAddressData, None),
+    (data_obj, 100, NullBooleanData, True),
+    (data_obj, 101, NullBooleanData, False),
+    (data_obj, 102, NullBooleanData, None),
+    (data_obj, 110, PhoneData, "212-634-5789"),
+    (data_obj, 111, PhoneData, None),
+    (data_obj, 120, PositiveIntegerData, 123456789),
+    (data_obj, 121, PositiveIntegerData, None),
+    (data_obj, 130, PositiveSmallIntegerData, 12),
+    (data_obj, 131, PositiveSmallIntegerData, None),
+    (data_obj, 140, SlugData, "this-is-a-slug"),
+    (data_obj, 141, SlugData, None),
+    (data_obj, 150, SmallData, 12), 
+    (data_obj, 151, SmallData, -12), 
+    (data_obj, 152, SmallData, 0), 
+    (data_obj, 153, SmallData, None), 
+    (data_obj, 160, TextData, """This is a long piece of text.
+It contains line breaks.
+Several of them.
+The end."""),
+    (data_obj, 161, TextData, ""),
+    (data_obj, 162, TextData, None),
+    (data_obj, 170, TimeData, datetime.time(10,42,37)),
+    (data_obj, 171, TimeData, None),
+    (data_obj, 180, USStateData, "MA"),
+    (data_obj, 181, USStateData, None),
+    (data_obj, 190, XMLData, "<foo></foo>"),
+    (data_obj, 191, XMLData, None),
+
+    (data_obj, 300, Anchor, "Anchor 1"),
+    (data_obj, 301, Anchor, "Anchor 2"),
+
+    (fk_obj, 400, FKData, 300), # Post reference
+    (fk_obj, 401, FKData, 500), # Pre reference
+    (fk_obj, 402, FKData, None), # Empty reference
+
+    (m2m_obj, 410, M2MData, []), # Empty set
+    (m2m_obj, 411, M2MData, [300,301]), # Post reference
+    (m2m_obj, 412, M2MData, [500,501]), # Pre reference
+    (m2m_obj, 413, M2MData, [300,301,500,501]), # Pre and Post reference
+
+    (o2o_obj, None, O2OData, 300), # Post reference
+    (o2o_obj, None, O2OData, 500), # Pre reference
+
+    (fk_obj, 430, FKSelfData, 431), # Pre reference
+    (fk_obj, 431, FKSelfData, 430), # Post reference
+    (fk_obj, 432, FKSelfData, None), # Empty reference
+
+    (m2m_obj, 440, M2MSelfData, []),
+    (m2m_obj, 441, M2MSelfData, []),
+    (m2m_obj, 442, M2MSelfData, [440, 441]),
+    (m2m_obj, 443, M2MSelfData, [445, 446]),
+    (m2m_obj, 444, M2MSelfData, [440, 441, 445, 446]),
+    (m2m_obj, 445, M2MSelfData, []),
+    (m2m_obj, 446, M2MSelfData, []),
+
+    (data_obj, 500, Anchor, "Anchor 3"),
+    (data_obj, 501, Anchor, "Anchor 4"),
+
+    (pk_obj, 601, BooleanPKData, True),
+    (pk_obj, 602, BooleanPKData, False),
+    (pk_obj, 610, CharPKData, "Test Char PKData"),
+#     (pk_obj, 620, DatePKData, datetime.date(2006,6,16)),
+#     (pk_obj, 630, DateTimePKData, datetime.datetime(2006,6,16,10,42,37)),
+    (pk_obj, 640, EmailPKData, "hovercraft@example.com"),
+    (pk_obj, 650, FilePKData, 'file:///foo/bar/whiz.txt'),
+    (pk_obj, 660, FilePathPKData, "/foo/bar/whiz.txt"),
+    (pk_obj, 670, FloatPKData, 12.345),
+    (pk_obj, 671, FloatPKData, -12.345),
+    (pk_obj, 672, FloatPKData, 0.0),
+    (pk_obj, 680, IntegerPKData, 123456789),
+    (pk_obj, 681, IntegerPKData, -123456789),
+    (pk_obj, 682, IntegerPKData, 0),
+#     (XX, ImagePKData
+    (pk_obj, 690, IPAddressPKData, "127.0.0.1"),
+    (pk_obj, 700, NullBooleanPKData, True),
+    (pk_obj, 701, NullBooleanPKData, False),
+    (pk_obj, 710, PhonePKData, "212-634-5789"),
+    (pk_obj, 720, PositiveIntegerPKData, 123456789),
+    (pk_obj, 730, PositiveSmallIntegerPKData, 12),
+    (pk_obj, 740, SlugPKData, "this-is-a-slug"),
+    (pk_obj, 750, SmallPKData, 12), 
+    (pk_obj, 751, SmallPKData, -12), 
+    (pk_obj, 752, SmallPKData, 0), 
+#     (pk_obj, 760, TextPKData, """This is a long piece of text.
+# It contains line breaks.
+# Several of them.
+# The end."""),
+#    (pk_obj, 770, TimePKData, datetime.time(10,42,37)),
+    (pk_obj, 780, USStatePKData, "MA"),
+#     (pk_obj, 790, XMLPKData, "<foo></foo>"),
+]
+    
+# Dynamically create serializer tests to ensure that all
+# registered serializers are automatically tested.
+class SerializerTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    pass
+
+def serializerTest(format, self):
+    # Clear the database first
+    management.flush(verbosity=0, interactive=False)    
+
+    # Create all the objects defined in the test data
+    objects = []
+    transaction.enter_transaction_management()
+    transaction.managed(True)
+    for (func, pk, klass, datum) in test_data:
+        objects.append(func[0](pk, klass, datum))
+    transaction.commit()
+    transaction.leave_transaction_management()
+
+    # Serialize the test database
+    serialized_data = serializers.serialize(format, objects, indent=2)
+
+    # Flush the database and recreate from the serialized data
+    management.flush(verbosity=0, interactive=False)    
+    transaction.enter_transaction_management()
+    transaction.managed(True)
+    for obj in serializers.deserialize(format, serialized_data):
+        obj.save()
+    transaction.commit()
+    transaction.leave_transaction_management()
+
+    # Assert that the deserialized data is the same 
+    # as the original source
+    for (func, pk, klass, datum) in test_data:
+        func[1](self, pk, klass, datum)
+    
+for format in serializers.get_serializer_formats():
+    setattr(SerializerTests, 'test_'+format+'_serializer', curry(serializerTest, format))