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+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.api.python
+
+import scala.io.Source
+
+import java.io.{PrintWriter, File}
+
+import org.scalatest.{Matchers, FunSuite}
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
+
+class PythonBroadcastSuite extends FunSuite with Matchers {
+  test("PythonBroadcast can be serialized with Kryo (SPARK-4882)") {
+    val tempDir = Utils.createTempDir()
+    val broadcastedString = "Hello, world!"
+    def assertBroadcastIsValid(broadcast: PythonBroadcast): Unit = {
+      val source = Source.fromFile(broadcast.path)
+      val contents = source.mkString
+      source.close()
+      contents should be (broadcastedString)
+    }
+    try {
+      val broadcastDataFile: File = {
+        val file = new File(tempDir, "broadcastData")
+        val printWriter = new PrintWriter(file)
+        printWriter.write(broadcastedString)
+        printWriter.close()
+        file
+      }
+      val broadcast = new PythonBroadcast(broadcastDataFile.getAbsolutePath)
+      assertBroadcastIsValid(broadcast)
+      val deserializedBroadcast =
+        Utils.clone[PythonBroadcast](broadcast, new KryoSerializer(new SparkConf()).newInstance())
+      assertBroadcastIsValid(deserializedBroadcast)
+    } finally {
+      Utils.deleteRecursively(tempDir)
+    }
+  }
+}