Made SerializeMixin check lockfile attr at import time.

tests/test_utils/test_serializemixin.py

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+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+from django.test.testcases import SerializeMixin
+
+
+class TestSerializeMixin(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_init_without_lockfile(self):
+        msg = (
+            "ExampleTests.lockfile isn't set. Set it to a unique value in the "
+            "base class."
+        )
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, msg):
+            class ExampleTests(SerializeMixin, SimpleTestCase):
+                pass
+
+
+class TestSerializeMixinUse(SerializeMixin, SimpleTestCase):
+    lockfile = __file__
+
+    def test_usage(self):
+        # Running this test ensures that the lock/unlock functions have passed.
+        pass