Re: java serialization alternative

On 2008.03.29., at 19:01, Bob Lee wrote:
> (I would argue
> that reliably maintaining compatibility is almost impossible with
> serialization without a robust test suite which easily counteracts the
> simplicity of serialization).

Interesting statement - care to elaborate? I've found that evolving
the class design is easy with serialization but then, I've been mostly
adding fields and paid attention that the default value of the field
is okay for existing serialized object representations. On a single
object level, it is basically an object-to-(name-value-pair) codec.
What pitfalls specifically do you have in mind?

Attila.

>
>
> Bob

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