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+
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+
+
+package org.apache.poi.hssf.record;
+
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the serialization and deserialization of the SeriesIndexRecord
+ * class works correctly.  Test data taken directly from a real
+ * Excel file.
+ *
+
+ * @author Andrew C. Oliver (acoliver at apache.org)
+ */
+public class TestSeriesIndexRecord
+        extends TestCase
+{
+    byte[] data = new byte[] {
+	(byte)0x03,(byte)0x00
+    };
+
+    public TestSeriesIndexRecord(String name)
+    {
+        super(name);
+    }
+
+    public void testLoad()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        SeriesIndexRecord record = new SeriesIndexRecord((short)0x1065, (short)data.length, data);
+        
+
+        assertEquals( (short)3, record.getIndex());
+
+
+        assertEquals( 6, record.getRecordSize() );
+
+        record.validateSid((short)0x1065);
+    }
+
+    public void testStore()
+    {
+        SeriesIndexRecord record = new SeriesIndexRecord();
+
+
+
+        record.setIndex( (short)3 );
+
+
+        byte [] recordBytes = record.serialize();
+        assertEquals(recordBytes.length - 4, data.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
+            assertEquals("At offset " + i, data[i], recordBytes[i+4]);
+    }
+}