module main;

import orange.core._;
import orange.serialization._;
import orange.serialization.archives._;

class Foo
{
    int a;
    Foo refme;
}

void main ()
{
    auto foo = new Foo; // create something to serialize
    foo.a = 3; // change the default value of "a"
    auto foo2 = new Foo; // create something to serialize
    foo2.a = 42;
    foo.refme = foo2;

    auto archive = new XmlArchive!(char); // create an XML archive
    auto serializer = new Serializer(archive); // create the serializer

    serializer.serialize(foo); // serialize "foo"

    // deserialize the serialized data as an instance of "Foo"
    auto f = serializer.deserialize!(Foo)(archive.untypedData);

    // verify that the deserialized value is equal to the original value
    assert(f.a == foo.a);

}