@Test(groups = "long")
  public void serializeDeserializeCollectionsTest() {

    List<String> l = Arrays.asList("foo", "bar");

    DataType dt = DataType.list(DataType.text());
    assertEquals(dt.deserialize(dt.serialize(l)), l);

    try {
      DataType.list(DataType.bigint()).serialize(l);
      fail("This should not have worked");
    } catch (InvalidTypeException e) {
      /* That's what we want */
    }
  }
  /** Generates the sample collections that will be used in testing */
  private static HashMap<DataType, Object> getSampleCollections() {
    HashMap<DataType, Object> sampleCollections = new HashMap<DataType, Object>();
    HashMap<DataType, Object> setAndListCollection;
    HashMap<DataType, HashMap<DataType, Object>> mapCollection;

    for (DataType.Name dataTypeName : DATA_TYPE_NON_PRIMITIVE_NAMES) {
      switch (dataTypeName) {
        case LIST:
          for (DataType typeArgument : DATA_TYPE_PRIMITIVES) {
            if (exclude(typeArgument)) continue;

            List<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>();
            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
              list.add(SAMPLE_DATA.get(typeArgument));
            }

            setAndListCollection = new HashMap<DataType, Object>();
            setAndListCollection.put(typeArgument, list);
            sampleCollections.put(DataType.list(typeArgument), setAndListCollection);
          }
          break;
        case SET:
          for (DataType typeArgument : DATA_TYPE_PRIMITIVES) {
            if (exclude(typeArgument)) continue;

            Set<Object> set = new HashSet<Object>();
            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
              set.add(SAMPLE_DATA.get(typeArgument));
            }

            setAndListCollection = new HashMap<DataType, Object>();
            setAndListCollection.put(typeArgument, set);
            sampleCollections.put(DataType.set(typeArgument), setAndListCollection);
          }
          break;
        case MAP:
          for (DataType typeArgument1 : DATA_TYPE_PRIMITIVES) {
            if (exclude(typeArgument1)) continue;

            for (DataType typeArgument2 : DATA_TYPE_PRIMITIVES) {
              if (exclude(typeArgument2)) continue;

              HashMap<DataType, Object> map = new HashMap<DataType, Object>();
              map.put(typeArgument1, SAMPLE_DATA.get(typeArgument2));

              mapCollection = new HashMap<DataType, HashMap<DataType, Object>>();
              mapCollection.put(typeArgument1, map);
              sampleCollections.put(DataType.map(typeArgument1, typeArgument2), mapCollection);
            }
          }
          break;
        default:
          throw new RuntimeException("Missing handling of " + dataTypeName);
      }
    }

    return sampleCollections;
  }