Index: dam engine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Io.Tests/DamXmlSerializationTests.cs
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diff -u -r412 -r414
--- dam engine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Io.Tests/DamXmlSerializationTests.cs	(.../DamXmlSerializationTests.cs)	(revision 412)
+++ dam engine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Io.Tests/DamXmlSerializationTests.cs	(.../DamXmlSerializationTests.cs)	(revision 414)
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
             Input destinationInput = DamXmlSerialization.LoadInputFromXml(filename);
             CompareInput(sourceInput, destinationInput);
         }
+
         private Input CreatePopulatedInput()
         {
             Input input = new Input();
@@ -35,6 +36,43 @@
         {
             Assert.AreEqual(expected.DamProjectType, actual.DamProjectType);
         }
+
+        public void CanReadWriteOutputObject()
+        {
+            const string filename = "Output.xml";
+            Output sourceOutput = CreatePopulatedOutput();
+            DamXmlSerialization.SaveOutputAsXml(filename, sourceOutput);
+            Output destinationOutput = DamXmlSerialization.LoadOutputFromXml(filename);
+            CompareOutput(sourceOutput, destinationOutput);
+        }
+
+        private Output CreatePopulatedOutput()
+        {
+            Output output = new Output();
+            output.Results = new OutputResults();
+            output.Results.CalculationMessages = new Message[3];
+            output.Results.CalculationMessages[0] = new Message()
+            {
+                MessageType = MessageMessageType.Error,
+                Message1 = "test1"
+            };
+            output.Results.CalculationMessages[1] = new Message()
+            {
+                MessageType = MessageMessageType.Warning,
+                Message1 = "test2"
+            };
+            output.Results.CalculationMessages[2] = new Message()
+            {
+                MessageType = MessageMessageType.Info,
+                Message1 = "test3"
+            };
+            return output;
+        }
+
+        private void CompareOutput(Output expected, Output actual)
+        {
+            Assert.AreEqual(expected.Results.CalculationMessages.Length, actual.Results.CalculationMessages.Length);
+        }
     }
 
 }