Hi Daniel,
Re-reading the java.io.Serial javadoc, the annotation is only appropriate on
the methods and fields specified as being part of the Serializalble
mechanism.
For example, readObject, writeObject, readResolve, wroteReplace, and
readObjectNoData,
and fields serialPersistentFields and serialVersionUID.
So no, not applied to serializable fields.
The serialized form is based on the non-transient fields of Serialiable
classes
and annotations for @serialData, serialVersionUID, and
serialPersistentFields, etc.
Thanks, Roger
On 8/21/20 1:32 PM, Daniel Fuchs wrote:
Hi Roger,
On 21/08/2020 17:52, Roger Riggs wrote:
The @serial javadoc tag is used on any serialization related field or
method.
Are there some missing? I expect javac would warn if they were missing.
Well I was wondering whether an @serial tag would be appropriate in
the documentation of these fields, for instance:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-nocomment-8251203-2/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java.frames.html
The only purpose of documenting these fields is for the
SerializedForm, isn't it?
best regards,
-- daniel
