Attributes with :string type should not be given the type passed in model serialization options. Closes #1058

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb b/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb
index 8f5c196850..f978191d22 100644
--- a/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb
+++ b/activemodel/test/cases/serializers/xml_serialization_test.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class XmlSerializationTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
   test "should serialize string" do
     assert_match %r{<name>aaron stack</name>}, @contact.to_xml
   end
-  
+
   test "should serialize nil" do
     assert_match %r{<pseudonyms nil=\"true\"></pseudonyms>}, @contact.to_xml(:methods => :pseudonyms)
   end
@@ -132,4 +132,10 @@ class XmlSerializationTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
     xml = @contact.to_xml(:procs => [ proc ])
     assert_match %r{<name-reverse>kcats noraa</name-reverse>}, xml
   end
+
+  test "should serialize string correctly when type passed" do
+    xml = @contact.to_xml :type => 'Contact'
+    assert_match %r{<contact type="Contact">}, xml
+    assert_match %r{<name>aaron stack</name>}, xml
+  end
 end