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+import { DashboardV2Spec } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0';
+
+import { DefaultGridLayoutManager } from '../../scene/layout-default/DefaultGridLayoutManager';
+import { ResponsiveGridLayoutManager } from '../../scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridLayoutManager';
+import { RowsLayoutManager } from '../../scene/layout-rows/RowsLayoutManager';
+
+import { RowsLayoutSerializer } from './RowsLayoutSerializer';
+
+describe('deserialization', () => {
+  it('should deserialize rows layout with default grid child', () => {
+    const layout: DashboardV2Spec['layout'] = {
+      kind: 'RowsLayout',
+      spec: {
+        rows: [
+          {
+            kind: 'RowsLayoutRow',
+            spec: {
+              title: 'Row 1',
+              collapsed: false,
+              layout: { kind: 'GridLayout', spec: { items: [] } },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+    const serializer = new RowsLayoutSerializer();
+    const deserialized = serializer.deserialize(layout, {}, false);
+    expect(deserialized).toBeInstanceOf(RowsLayoutManager);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows[0].state.layout).toBeInstanceOf(DefaultGridLayoutManager);
+  });
+
+  it('should deserialize rows layout with responsive grid child', () => {
+    const layout: DashboardV2Spec['layout'] = {
+      kind: 'RowsLayout',
+      spec: {
+        rows: [
+          {
+            kind: 'RowsLayoutRow',
+            spec: {
+              title: 'Row 1',
+              collapsed: false,
+              layout: { kind: 'ResponsiveGridLayout', spec: { row: '', col: '', items: [] } },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+    const serializer = new RowsLayoutSerializer();
+    const deserialized = serializer.deserialize(layout, {}, false);
+    expect(deserialized).toBeInstanceOf(RowsLayoutManager);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows[0].state.layout).toBeInstanceOf(ResponsiveGridLayoutManager);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle multiple rows with different layouts', () => {
+    const layout: DashboardV2Spec['layout'] = {
+      kind: 'RowsLayout',
+      spec: {
+        rows: [
+          {
+            kind: 'RowsLayoutRow',
+            spec: {
+              title: 'Row 1',
+              collapsed: false,
+              layout: { kind: 'ResponsiveGridLayout', spec: { row: '', col: '', items: [] } },
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            kind: 'RowsLayoutRow',
+            spec: {
+              title: 'Row 2',
+              collapsed: true,
+              layout: { kind: 'GridLayout', spec: { items: [] } },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+    const serializer = new RowsLayoutSerializer();
+    const deserialized = serializer.deserialize(layout, {}, false);
+    expect(deserialized).toBeInstanceOf(RowsLayoutManager);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows[0].state.layout).toBeInstanceOf(ResponsiveGridLayoutManager);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows[1].state.layout).toBeInstanceOf(DefaultGridLayoutManager);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows[0].state.isCollapsed).toBe(false);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows[1].state.isCollapsed).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle 0 rows', () => {
+    const layout: DashboardV2Spec['layout'] = {
+      kind: 'RowsLayout',
+      spec: {
+        rows: [],
+      },
+    };
+    const serializer = new RowsLayoutSerializer();
+    const deserialized = serializer.deserialize(layout, {}, false);
+    expect(deserialized).toBeInstanceOf(RowsLayoutManager);
+    expect(deserialized.state.rows).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});