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+import { Chance } from 'chance';
+import { attributesSymbol } from '../../src/decorators/attribute';
+import { idSymbol } from '../../src/decorators/id';
+import { linksSymbol } from '../../src/decorators/link';
+import { metaSymbol } from '../../src/decorators/meta';
+import { relationshipsSymbol } from '../../src/decorators/relationship';
+import { resourceSymbol } from '../../src/decorators/resource';
+import { deserializeResourceObject } from '../../src/serializers/deserializeResourceObject';
+import { getMetadataBySymbol } from '../../src/serializers/utils/getMetadataBySymbol';
+
+import type { JSONAPIResourceLinkage } from '../../src/types/resourceLinkage';
+
+jest.mock('../../src/serializers/utils/getMetadataBySymbol');
+const getMetadataBySymbolMocked = jest.mocked(getMetadataBySymbol);
+
+describe('`deserializeResourceObject`', () => {
+  let chance: Chance.Chance;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    chance = new Chance();
+  });
+
+  it('should throw an error if the type of the resource object does not match the expected type', () => {
+    const expectedType = chance.string();
+
+    getMetadataBySymbolMocked.mockImplementation((_, symbol) => {
+      if (symbol === resourceSymbol) {
+        return expectedType;
+      }
+    });
+
+    const resourceObject = {
+      type: chance.string(),
+      id: chance.string(),
+    };
+
+    class SomeResource {}
+
+    expect(() =>
+      deserializeResourceObject(resourceObject, SomeResource),
+    ).toThrow(
+      `Failed to deserialize resource object because the type ${resourceObject.type} does not match the expected type ${expectedType}.`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should deserialize a resource object into a class instance', () => {
+    class SomeResource {
+      someIdField!: string;
+      someAttributeField!: string;
+      someLinkField!: string;
+      someMetaField!: string;
+      someRelationshipField!: JSONAPIResourceLinkage;
+    }
+
+    const classInstance = new SomeResource();
+    classInstance.someIdField = chance.string();
+    classInstance.someAttributeField = chance.string();
+    classInstance.someLinkField = chance.string();
+    classInstance.someMetaField = chance.string();
+
+    const type = chance.string();
+
+    getMetadataBySymbolMocked.mockImplementation((_, symbol) => {
+      if (symbol === resourceSymbol) {
+        return type;
+      }
+
+      if (symbol === idSymbol) {
+        return 'someIdField';
+      }
+
+      if (symbol === attributesSymbol) {
+        return ['someAttributeField'];
+      }
+
+      if (symbol === linksSymbol) {
+        return ['someLinkField'];
+      }
+
+      if (symbol === metaSymbol) {
+        return ['someMetaField'];
+      }
+
+      if (symbol === relationshipsSymbol) {
+        return [['someRelationshipField']];
+      }
+    });
+
+    const resourceObject = {
+      type,
+      id: classInstance.someIdField,
+      attributes: {
+        someAttributeField: classInstance.someAttributeField,
+      },
+      links: {
+        someLinkField: classInstance.someLinkField,
+      },
+      meta: {
+        someMetaField: classInstance.someMetaField,
+      },
+      relationships: {
+        someRelationshipField: {
+          data: {
+            type: chance.string(),
+            id: chance.string(),
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = deserializeResourceObject(resourceObject, SomeResource);
+
+    expect(result.someIdField).toBe(classInstance.someIdField);
+    expect(result.someAttributeField).toBe(classInstance.someAttributeField);
+    expect(result.someLinkField).toBe(classInstance.someLinkField);
+    expect(result.someMetaField).toBe(classInstance.someMetaField);
+    expect(result.someRelationshipField).toBe(
+      resourceObject.relationships.someRelationshipField.data,
+    );
+  });
+});