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public class AAA
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public List<int> Heights { get; set; }
    public List<int> PreviousHeights { get; set; }
    public DayOfWeek Day { get; set; }
    public AAA Child { get; set; }
    public Tuple<int, string> Tuple { get; set; }
    public List<object> Objects { get; set; } = new List<object>();
}
[Fact]
public void SimpleSerialTest()
{
    // create object to be serialized
    var aaa = new AAA()
    {
        ID = 73,
        Name = "hello",
        Heights = new List<int> { 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 },
        Day = DayOfWeek.Sunday,
        Tuple = Tuple.Create(42, "42"),
    };
    aaa.Child = aaa;
    aaa.Objects.Add(aaa);
    aaa.Objects.Add("hello");

    // write it to a string build (MemoryStream alternative exists)
    var sb = new StringBuilder();
    var pw = new PrimitiveTextWriter(new StringWriter(sb));
    var ow = new ObjectWriter(pw);
    ow.Write(aaa);

    // read it
    var s = sb.ToString();
    var pr = new PrimitiveTextReader(new StringReader(s));
    var or = new ObjectReader(pr);
    var o = or.Read();

    // check it worked
    Assert.IsType<AAA>(o);
    var aaa2 = (AAA)o;
    Assert.Equal(aaa.ID, aaa2.ID);
    Assert.Equal(aaa.Name, aaa2.Name);
    Assert.Equal(aaa.Day, aaa2.Day);
    Assert.Equal<int>(aaa.Heights, aaa2.Heights);
    Assert.Equal<int>(aaa.PreviousHeights, aaa2.PreviousHeights);
    Assert.Equal(aaa.Tuple, aaa2.Tuple);
    Assert.Equal<object>(aaa.Objects, aaa2.Objects);
}

KnownTypes.Register(GetType().Assembly);

24 25 "Galador.Core.Tests.SerializationTest+AAA" 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 "ID" 11 "Name" 2 "Heights" 26 "System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Int32]]" 2 0 1 0 11 0 1 "Capacity" 11 0 "PreviousHeights" 26 "Day" 27 "System.DayOfWeek" 98 0 1 0 11 0 0 0 "Child" 25 "Tuple" 28 "System.Tuple`2[[System.Int32],[System.String]]" 0 29 "Galador.Core.Serialization.TuppleSurrogate`2[[System.Int32],[System.String]]" 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 "Item1" 11 "Item2" 2 0 "Objects" 30 "System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Object]]" 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 "Capacity" 11 0 0 73 31 "hello" 32 26 8 5 1 2 4 8 16 0 0 24 33 28 42 34 "42" 35 30 4 2 24 31