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+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
+
+extern crate serde;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
+
+extern crate serde_test;
+use serde_test::{
+    Error,
+    Token,
+    assert_de_tokens,
+    assert_de_tokens_error,
+};
+
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_borrowed_str() {
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &"borrowed",
+        &[
+            Token::BorrowedStr("borrowed"),
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_borrowed_str_from_string() {
+    assert_de_tokens_error::<&str>(
+        &[
+            Token::String("borrowed".to_owned()),
+        ],
+        Error::Message("invalid type: string \"borrowed\", expected a borrowed string".to_owned()),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_borrowed_str_from_str() {
+    assert_de_tokens_error::<&str>(
+        &[
+            Token::Str("borrowed"),
+        ],
+        Error::Message("invalid type: string \"borrowed\", expected a borrowed string".to_owned()),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_string_from_borrowed_str() {
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &"owned".to_owned(),
+        &[
+            Token::BorrowedStr("owned"),
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_borrowed_bytes() {
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &&b"borrowed"[..],
+        &[
+            Token::BorrowedBytes(b"borrowed"),
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_borrowed_bytes_from_bytebuf() {
+    assert_de_tokens_error::<&[u8]>(
+        &[
+            Token::ByteBuf(b"borrowed".to_vec()),
+        ],
+        Error::Message("invalid type: byte array, expected a borrowed byte array".to_owned()),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_borrowed_bytes_from_bytes() {
+    assert_de_tokens_error::<&[u8]>(
+        &[
+            Token::Bytes(b"borrowed"),
+        ],
+        Error::Message("invalid type: byte array, expected a borrowed byte array".to_owned()),
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_tuple() {
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &("str", &b"bytes"[..]),
+        &[
+            Token::TupleStart(2),
+
+            Token::TupleSep,
+            Token::BorrowedStr("str"),
+
+            Token::TupleSep,
+            Token::BorrowedBytes(b"bytes"),
+
+            Token::TupleEnd,
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_struct() {
+    #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
+    struct Borrowing<'a, 'b> {
+        bs: &'a str,
+        bb: &'b [u8],
+    }
+
+    assert_de_tokens(
+        &Borrowing { bs: "str", bb: b"bytes" },
+        &[
+            Token::StructStart("Borrowing", 2),
+
+            Token::StructSep,
+            Token::BorrowedStr("bs"),
+            Token::BorrowedStr("str"),
+
+            Token::StructSep,
+            Token::BorrowedStr("bb"),
+            Token::BorrowedBytes(b"bytes"),
+
+            Token::StructEnd,
+        ]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_cow() {
+    #[derive(Deserialize)]
+    struct Cows<'a, 'b> {
+        copied: Cow<'a, str>,
+
+        #[serde(borrow)]
+        borrowed: Cow<'b, str>,
+    }
+
+    let tokens = vec![
+        Token::StructStart("Cows", 2),
+
+        Token::StructSep,
+        Token::Str("copied"),
+        Token::BorrowedStr("copied"),
+
+        Token::StructSep,
+        Token::Str("borrowed"),
+        Token::BorrowedStr("borrowed"),
+
+        Token::StructEnd,
+    ];
+
+    let mut de = serde_test::Deserializer::new(tokens.into_iter());
+    let cows = Cows::deserialize(&mut de).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(de.next_token(), None);
+
+    match cows.copied {
+        Cow::Owned(ref s) if s == "copied" => {}
+        _ => panic!("expected a copied string"),
+    }
+
+    match cows.borrowed {
+        Cow::Borrowed("borrowed") => {}
+        _ => panic!("expected a borrowed string"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_lifetimes() {
+    #[derive(Deserialize)]
+    struct Cows<'a, 'b> {
+        _copied: Cow<'a, str>,
+
+        #[serde(borrow)]
+        _borrowed: Cow<'b, str>,
+    }
+
+    // Tests that `'de: 'a` is not required by the Deserialize impl.
+    fn _cows_lifetimes<'de: 'b, 'a, 'b, D>(deserializer: D) -> Cows<'a, 'b>
+        where D: Deserializer<'de>
+    {
+        Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Deserialize)]
+    struct Wrap<'a, 'b> {
+        #[serde(borrow = "'b")]
+        _cows: Cows<'a, 'b>,
+    }
+
+    // Tests that `'de: 'a` is not required by the Deserialize impl.
+    fn _wrap_lifetimes<'de: 'b, 'a, 'b, D>(deserializer: D) -> Wrap<'a, 'b>
+        where D: Deserializer<'de>
+    {
+        Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer).unwrap()
+    }
+}