Index: maven-commandline-plugin/src/test/org/codelutin/util/AnnotationConverterTest.java
diff -u maven-commandline-plugin/src/test/org/codelutin/util/AnnotationConverterTest.java:1.4 maven-commandline-plugin/src/test/org/codelutin/util/AnnotationConverterTest.java:1.5
--- maven-commandline-plugin/src/test/org/codelutin/util/AnnotationConverterTest.java:1.4	Tue Dec 18 00:13:47 2007
+++ maven-commandline-plugin/src/test/org/codelutin/util/AnnotationConverterTest.java	Tue Dec 18 20:28:47 2007
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 import static org.codelutin.util.OptionArgumentValueType.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
 
 /**
@@ -80,7 +84,34 @@
         Class<?> theClazz = pool.get(clazz.getName()).toClass();
 
         ParserUtil.assertParserEquals(anno, theClazz.getAnnotation(ApplicationA.class));
+    }
+
+    public void testStore() throws Exception {
+        ApplicationA anno = getClass().getAnnotation(ApplicationA.class);
+        File out = new File("target/test-classes");
+        out.mkdirs();
+        File file = new File(out, "annotation.ser");
+        if (file.exists()) {
+            file.delete();
+        }
+        ObjectOutputStream stream = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
+        stream.writeObject(anno);
+        stream.flush();
+        stream.close();
+        
+    }
 
+    public void testLoad() throws Exception {
+        ApplicationA anno = getClass().getAnnotation(ApplicationA.class);
+        File out = new File("target/test-classes");
+        out.mkdirs();
+        File file = new File(out, "annotation.ser");
+        assertTrue(file.exists());
+        ObjectInputStream stream = new ObjectInputStream (new FileInputStream(file));
+        ApplicationA anno2 = (ApplicationA) stream.readObject();
+        stream.close();
+        assertNotNull(anno2);
+        assertEquals(anno,anno2);
     }
 
 }
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