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Testing Marshal Serialization Workflow in Searchkick

This test suite validates the marshaling capabilities of Searchkick, ensuring proper serialization of search results and highlights. The tests verify that search result objects can be properly serialized and deserialized using Ruby’s Marshal functionality.

Test Coverage Overview

The test suite covers essential marshaling functionality for Searchkick search results.

Key areas tested include:

Basic marshaling of search result objects
Marshaling with highlight options enabled
Serialization with custom load parameters

The coverage ensures that search results maintain integrity through serialization processes.

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach uses Minitest framework with focused unit tests for Marshal compatibility.

Implementation patterns include:

Direct Marshal.dump verification
Testing with highlight options
Load parameter configuration testing

The tests utilize standard Ruby marshaling methods to validate serialization behavior.

Technical Details

Testing tools and configuration:

Minitest as the testing framework
Ruby’s built-in Marshal module
Searchkick’s store_names helper method
Custom search parameters for highlight testing

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test suite demonstrates several testing best practices for serialization validation.

Notable practices include:

Isolated test cases for specific functionality
Clear test method naming conventions
Proper setup of test data using helper methods
Explicit assertion of marshaling capability

ankane/searchkick

test/marshal_test.rb

            
require_relative "test_helper"

class MarshalTest < Minitest::Test
  def test_marshal
    store_names ["Product A"]
    assert Marshal.dump(Product.search("*").results)
  end

  def test_marshal_highlights
    store_names ["Product A"]
    assert Marshal.dump(Product.search("product", highlight: true, load: {dumpable: true}).results)
  end
end