Initial JDK 11 RFR of JDK-8202385: Annotation to mark serial-related fields and methods (original) (raw)

joe darcy joe.darcy at oracle.com
Thu May 10 21:03:11 UTC 2018

PS After additional reading, I propose to add the follow clause to where using the annotation is not appropriate:

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  • the {@code writeObject}, {@code readObject}, and {@code  * readObjectNoData} methods in a class that is {@code  * Externalizable}. While the {@code Externalizable} interface extends  * {@code Serializable}, those three methods are not used for  * externalizable classes.

    • How does that sound?

    Thanks,

    -Joe

    On 5/10/2018 1:22 PM, joe darcy wrote:

    Hi Roger,

    Right; there are a few other distinguished methods defined for externalization, but they are defined on the as methods on the Externalizable interface as far as I can tell. The existence of externalization is mentioned in the javac lint bug JDK-8202385. I'll add as sentence indicating that the checks are for "Serializable but not Externalizable" classes. Thanks, -Joe

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