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  1. JBoss Marshalling
  2. JBMAR-32

Add a clean Java Serialization-compatible implementation (non reflection based)

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    • 1.1.0.CR1
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      The reflection-based Serialization provider suffers from some deficiencies, inherent in its design:

      • the use of reflection imposes a performance overhead
      • behavior varies from JDK to JDK (each JDK has its own set of bugs; also there may be implementation differences that cause issues down the road)
      • the behavior of additional JBoss Marshalling features is not well-specified

      A clean reimplementation would have the following requirements:

      • No dependency on JDK classes that doesn't also appear in e.g. the River implementation
      • Must be 100% compatible with the Java Serialization wire protocol description given in the specification
      • All JBoss Marshalling features must be clearly defined in the documentation, in terms of how each feature affects compatibility with the Java Serialization wire protocol (the package-info.java javadocs would be a good place to do this)
      • And of course, we'd all like to see this implementation be much faster than Serialization is

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            dlloyd@redhat.com David Lloyd
            dlloyd@redhat.com David Lloyd
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