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+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize.MetaCollectionSerializer;
+import de.ids_mannheim.korap.query.serialize.MetaQuerySerializer;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * @author hanl
+ * @date 04/12/2013
+ */
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class MetaQuerySerializationTest {
+
+    private MetaQuerySerializer serializer;
+
+    public MetaQuerySerializationTest() {
+        serializer = new MetaQuerySerializer();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws IOException {
+        Map<String, String> j = new HashMap();
+        j.put("author", "Goethe");
+        j.put("pubPLace", "Erfurt");
+        j.put("textClass", "wissenschaft");
+        String s = serializer.stringify(j);
+//        System.out.println("value reference " + s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSingle() throws IOException {
+        Map<String, String> j = new HashMap();
+        j.put("textClass", "wissenschaft");
+        String s = serializer.stringify(j);
+//        System.out.println("value reference test single " + s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testResourceMeta() throws IOException {
+        MetaCollectionSerializer ser = new MetaCollectionSerializer();
+        String s = ser.serialize("25");
+        System.out.println(" --- RESULT JSON " + s);
+
+
+    }
+}