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+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor
+
+import Actor._
+
+import org.scalatest.Spec
+import org.scalatest.Assertions
+import org.scalatest.matchers.ShouldMatchers
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+
+@RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
+class SerializableActorSpec extends
+  Spec with
+  ShouldMatchers with
+  BeforeAndAfterAll {
+
+  describe("SerializableActor") {
+    it("should be able to serialize and deserialize a JavaSerializableActor") {
+      val actor1 = actorOf[JavaSerializableTestActor].start
+      val serializer = actor1.serializer.getOrElse(fail("Serializer not defined"))
+      (actor1 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") should equal("world")
+
+      val bytes = actor1.toBinary
+      
+//      val actor2 = serializer.fromBinary(bytes, Some(classOf[JavaSerializableTestActor])).asInstanceOf[Actor]
+//      (actor2 !! "hello").getOrElse("_") should equal("world")
+      true should equal(true)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@serializable class JavaSerializableTestActor extends JavaSerializableActor[JavaSerializableTestActor] {
+  def receive = {
+    case "hello" => reply("world")
+  }
+}
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