Weirdness in serialization

Author: hamnis

build.sbt

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+name := "minimized-list-serialization"
+
+scalaVersion := "2.10.5"
+
+libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.2.4"
+
+//fork in Test := true

project/build.properties

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+sbt.version=0.13.8-RC1

src/main/scala/issue/Issue.scala

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+package issue
+
+case class Meh(s: String)
+
+case class Issue(n: String, list: List[Meh])

src/test/scala/issue/IssueTest.scala

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+package issue
+
+import org.scalatest._
+import java.io.{ObjectOutputStream, ObjectInputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, ByteArrayInputStream}
+
+class IssueTest extends FunSuite with Matchers {
+  test("serialization issue") {
+    val obj = Issue("meh", List(Meh("2345")))
+    val arr = serialize(obj)
+    val obj2 = deserialize(arr)
+    assert(obj === obj2)
+  }
+
+
+  def serialize[A <: Serializable](obj: A): Array[Byte] = {
+    val o = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    val os = new ObjectOutputStream(o)
+    os.writeObject(obj)
+    o.toByteArray()
+  }
+
+  def deserialize[A <: Serializable](bytes: Array[Byte]): A = {
+    val s = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes)
+    val is = new ObjectInputStream(s)
+    is.readObject().asInstanceOf[A]
+  }
+}