Add test for pickle serialization

Author: alahiff

tests/unit/test_simvue.py

@@ -134,3 +134,14 @@ def test_pytorch_tensor_serialization():
     array_out = Deserializer().deserialize(serialized, mime_type)
 
     assert (array == array_out).all()
+
+def test_pickle_serialization():
+    """
+    Check that a dictionary can be serialized then deserialized successfully
+    """
+    data = {'a': 1.0, 'b': 'test'}
+
+    serialized, mime_type = Serializer().serialize(data, allow_pickle=True)
+    data_out = Deserializer().deserialize(serialized, mime_type, allow_pickle=True)
+
+    assert (data == data_out)