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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.raft.persisted;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for EmptyState.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Pantelis
+ *
+ */
+public class EmptyStateTest {
+
+ @Test
+ public void testSerialization() {
+ EmptyState cloned = (EmptyState) SerializationUtils.clone(EmptyState.INSTANCE);
+ assertSame("cloned", EmptyState.INSTANCE, cloned);
+ }
+}