diff --git a/Tests/XMLCoderTests/RJITest.swift b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/RJITest.swift
index c4446e98..47a5f386 100644
--- a/Tests/XMLCoderTests/RJITest.swift
+++ b/Tests/XMLCoderTests/RJITest.swift
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ private struct RSS: Codable, Equatable {
     }
 }
 
+private struct GeneratorAgent: Codable, Equatable {
+    let resource: URL
+
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case resource = "rdf:resource"
+    }
+}
+
 private struct Channel: Codable, Equatable {
     let title: String
     let link: URL
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ private struct Channel: Codable, Equatable {
     let creator: String
     let rights: String
     let date: Date
-    let generatorAgentResource: URL
+    let generatorAgent: GeneratorAgent
     let image: Image
     let items: [Item]
 
@@ -47,51 +55,9 @@ private struct Channel: Codable, Equatable {
         case creator = "dc:creator"
         case rights = "dc:rights"
         case date = "dc:date"
-        case generatorAgentResource = "admin:generatorAgent"
+        case generatorAgent = "admin:generatorAgent"
         case items = "item"
     }
-
-    enum GeneratorAgentKeys: String, CodingKey {
-        case resource = "rdf:resource"
-    }
-
-    init(title: String, link: URL,
-         description: String,
-         language: String,
-         creator: String,
-         rights: String,
-         date: Date,
-         generatorAgentResource: URL,
-         image: Image,
-         items: [Item]) {
-        self.title = title
-        self.link = link
-        self.description = description
-        self.language = language
-        self.creator = creator
-        self.rights = rights
-        self.date = date
-        self.generatorAgentResource = generatorAgentResource
-        self.image = image
-        self.items = items
-    }
-
-    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
-        let values = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
-        title = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .title)
-        link = try values.decode(URL.self, forKey: .link)
-        description = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .description)
-        language = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .language)
-        creator = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .creator)
-        rights = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .rights)
-        date = try values.decode(Date.self, forKey: .date)
-
-        let generatorAgentValues = try values.nestedContainer(keyedBy: GeneratorAgentKeys.self, forKey: .generatorAgentResource)
-        generatorAgentResource = try generatorAgentValues.decode(URL.self, forKey: .resource)
-
-        image = try values.decode(Image.self, forKey: .image)
-        items = try values.decode([Item].self, forKey: .items)
-    }
 }
 
 private struct Image: Codable, Equatable {
@@ -119,19 +85,6 @@ private struct Item: Codable, Equatable {
         case date = "dc:date"
         case author
     }
-
-    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
-        let values = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
-
-        title = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .title)
-        link = try values.decode(URL.self, forKey: .link)
-        guid = try values.decode(URL.self, forKey: .guid)
-        enclosure = try values.decodeIfPresent(Enclosure.self, forKey: .enclosure)
-        description = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .description)
-        subject = try values.decode(String.self, forKey: .subject)
-        date = try values.decode(Date.self, forKey: .date)
-        author = try values.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .author)
-    }
 }
 
 private struct Enclosure: Codable, Equatable {
@@ -143,20 +96,30 @@ private struct Enclosure: Codable, Equatable {
 final class RJITest: XCTestCase {
     func testRSS() throws {
         let decoder = XMLDecoder()
-//        let encoder = XMLEncoder()
+        let encoder = XMLEncoder()
 
         let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
         dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"
         decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .formatted(dateFormatter)
-
-//        let rss1
-        _ = try decoder.decode(RSS.self, from: rjiSampleXML)
-        // this is a very peculiar case of `XMLCoder` not being able to decode an XML
-        // that it itself encoded
-//        data = try encoder.encode(rss1, withRootKey: "note",
-//                                  header: XMLHeader(version: 1.0,
-//                                                    encoding: "UTF-8"))
-//        let rss2 = try decoder.decode(RSS.self, from: data)
-//        XCTAssertEqual(rss1, rss2)
+        decoder.trimValueWhitespaces = false
+        encoder.dateEncodingStrategy = .formatted(dateFormatter)
+
+        let rss1 = try decoder.decode(RSS.self, from: rjiSampleXML)
+        let data = try encoder.encode(rss1, withRootKey: "note",
+                                      header: XMLHeader(version: 1.0,
+                                                        encoding: "UTF-8"))
+
+        let rss2 = try decoder.decode(RSS.self, from: data)
+        XCTAssertEqual(rss1.channel.items.count, 100)
+        XCTAssertEqual(rss2.channel.items.count, 100)
+
+        for (i1, i2) in zip(rss1.channel.items, rss2.channel.items) {
+            guard i1 == i2 else {
+                XCTFail("items in \(#function) aren't equal")
+                continue
+            }
+        }
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(rss1, rss2)
     }
 }