from django.test import TestCase from rest_framework import serializers from rest_framework.tests.accounts.serializers import AccountSerializer class ImportingModelSerializerTests(TestCase): """ In some situations like, GH #1225, it is possible, especially in testing, to import a serializer who's related models have not yet been resolved by Django. `AccountSerializer` is an example of such a serializer (imported at the top of this file). """ def test_import_model_serializer(self): """ The serializer at the top of this file should have been imported successfully, and we should be able to instantiate it. """ self.assertIsInstance(AccountSerializer(), serializers.ModelSerializer)