diff --git a/implementations/rust/oo/tests/read_samples.rs b/implementations/rust/oo/tests/read_samples.rs
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+++ b/implementations/rust/oo/tests/read_samples.rs
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+use std::io;
+use std::io::Read;
+
+use oo::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn read_samples_text() -> io::Result<()> {
+    let mut fh = std::fs::File::open("../../../tests/samples.pr")?;
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+    fh.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+    println!("{:#?}", annotated_iovalue_from_str(&contents)?);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn read_samples_bin() -> io::Result<()> {
+    let mut fh = std::fs::File::open("../../../tests/samples.bin")?;
+    let mut contents = Vec::new();
+    fh.read_to_end(&mut contents)?;
+    println!("{:#?}", annotated_iovalue_from_bytes(&contents)?);
+    Ok(())
+}