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+/*
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+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.index.rankeval;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseFieldMatcher;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParser;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class RatedDocumentTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    public void testXContentParsing() throws IOException {
+        String index = randomAsciiOfLength(10);
+        String type = randomAsciiOfLength(10);
+        String docId = randomAsciiOfLength(10);
+        int rating = randomInt();
+        RatedDocument testItem = new RatedDocument(index, type, docId, rating);
+
+        XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(randomFrom(XContentType.values()));
+        if (randomBoolean()) {
+            builder.prettyPrint();
+        }
+        testItem.toXContent(builder, ToXContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);
+        XContentBuilder shuffled = shuffleXContent(builder);
+        XContentParser itemParser = XContentHelper.createParser(shuffled.bytes());
+        itemParser.nextToken();
+
+        RankEvalContext context = new RankEvalContext(ParseFieldMatcher.STRICT, null, null, null);
+        RatedDocument parsedItem = RatedDocument.fromXContent(itemParser, context);
+        assertNotSame(testItem, parsedItem);
+        assertEquals(testItem, parsedItem);
+        assertEquals(testItem.hashCode(), parsedItem.hashCode());
+
+    }
+
+}