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+require "spec_helper"
+
+module Api
+  module Admin
+    describe OrderCycleSerializer do
+      let(:order_cycle) { create(:order_cycle) }
+      let(:serializer) { Api::Admin::OrderCycleSerializer.new order_cycle, current_user: order_cycle.coordinator.owner }
+
+      it "serializes an order cycle" do
+        expect(serializer.to_json).to include order_cycle.name
+      end
+
+      it "serializes the order cycle with exchanges" do
+        expect(serializer.exchanges.to_json).to include "\"#{order_cycle.variants.first.id}\":true"
+      end
+
+      it "serializes the order cycle with editable_variants_for_incoming_exchanges" do
+        expect(serializer.editable_variants_for_incoming_exchanges.to_json).to include order_cycle.variants.first.id.to_s
+        expect(serializer.editable_variants_for_incoming_exchanges.to_json).to_not include order_cycle.distributors.first.id.to_s
+      end
+
+      it "serializes the order cycle with editable_variants_for_outgoing_exchanges" do
+        expect(serializer.editable_variants_for_outgoing_exchanges.to_json).to include order_cycle.variants.first.id.to_s
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end