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+package com.futurewei.alioth.controller.schema;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class VpcTest {
+    @Test
+    public void basicSerializationVerification() {
+        String project_id = "dbf72700-5106-4a7a-918f-a016853911f8";
+        String vpc_id = "99d9d709-8478-4b46-9f3f-2206b1023fd3";
+        String vpc_name = "SuperVpc";
+        String cidr = "192.168.0.0/16";
+        final Vpc.VpcConfiguration config = Vpc.VpcConfiguration.newBuilder()
+                .setProjectId(project_id)
+                .setId(vpc_id)
+                .setName(vpc_name)
+                .setCidr(cidr)
+                .build();
+        final Vpc.VpcState state = Vpc.VpcState.newBuilder()
+                .setOperationType(Common.OperationType.CREATE)
+                .setConfiguration(config)
+                .build();
+        final byte[] binaryState = state.toByteArray();
+
+        try {
+            final Vpc.VpcState deserializedObject = Vpc.VpcState.parseFrom(binaryState);
+
+            Assert.assertEquals("operation type mismatched", Common.OperationType.CREATE, deserializedObject.getOperationType());
+
+            Assert.assertEquals("project id mismatched", project_id, deserializedObject.getConfiguration().getProjectId());
+            Assert.assertEquals("vpc id mismatched", vpc_id, deserializedObject.getConfiguration().getId());
+            Assert.assertEquals("vpc name mismatched", vpc_name, deserializedObject.getConfiguration().getName());
+            Assert.assertEquals("cidr mismatched", cidr, deserializedObject.getConfiguration().getCidr());
+        } catch(InvalidProtocolBufferException bf_exp) {
+            Assert.assertTrue(false);
+        }
+    }
+}
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