File createEmptyFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
    File file = new File(fileName);
    if (file.exists()) {
      assertThat(file.delete()).isTrue();
    }
    assertThat(file.createNewFile()).isTrue();
    assertThat(file).exists().canWrite();
    return file;
  }
Prepare your serialization service for use
geode-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/codeAnalysis/AnalyzeDataSerializablesTestBase.java