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+"use strict";
+
+describe("serial/property", function () {
+
+    if (gpf.internals) {
+
+        var _gpfSerialPropertyCheck = gpf.internals._gpfSerialPropertyCheck;
+
+        describe("_gpfSerialPropertyCheck", function () {
+
+            it("validates name", {
+                var exceptionCaught;
+                _gpfSerialPropertyCheck({
+                    name: "OK"
+                });
+                assert(!exceptionCaught);
+            });
+
+            [
+                undefined,
+                0,
+                1,
+                {},
+                new Date(),
+                true,
+                false,
+                "",
+                "123"
+            ].forEach(function (invalidName) {
+                it("rejects invalid names (" + JSON.stringify(invalidName) + ")", function () {
+                    var exceptionCaught;
+                    _gpfSerialPropertyCheck({
+                        name: invalidName
+                    });
+                    assert(exceptionCaught instanceof gpf.Error.InvalidSerialName);
+                });
+            });
+
+        });
+
+    };
+
+});