def test_recursive(self): """create a recursive structure and test that we can handle it """ parent = Thing('parent') child = Thing('child') child.sibling = Thing('sibling') parent.self = parent parent.child = child parent.child.twin = child parent.child.parent = parent parent.child.sibling.parent = parent cloned = jsonpickle.decode(jsonpickle.encode(parent)) self.assertEqual(parent.name, cloned.name) self.assertEqual(parent.child.name, cloned.child.name) self.assertEqual(parent.child.sibling.name, cloned.child.sibling.name) self.assertEqual(cloned, cloned.child.parent) self.assertEqual(cloned, cloned.child.sibling.parent) self.assertEqual(cloned, cloned.child.twin.parent) self.assertEqual(cloned.child, cloned.child.twin)