Github user cammckenzie commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/curator/pull/208#discussion_r108049783 --- Diff: curator-x-discovery/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/x/discovery/details/JsonInstanceSerializer.java --- @@ -16,30 +16,57 @@ * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ + package org.apache.curator.x.discovery.details; +import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting; import org.apache.curator.x.discovery.ServiceInstance; +import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationConfig; import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper; import org.codehaus.jackson.type.JavaType; -import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; /** * A serializer that uses Jackson to serialize/deserialize as JSON. IMPORTANT: The instance * payload must support Jackson */ public class JsonInstanceSerializer<T> implements InstanceSerializer<T> { - private final ObjectMapper mapper; - private final Class<T> payloadClass; - private final JavaType type; + private final ObjectMapper mapper; + private final Class<T> payloadClass; + private final boolean compatibleSerializationMode; + private final JavaType type; /** * @param payloadClass used to validate payloads when deserializing */ public JsonInstanceSerializer(Class<T> payloadClass) { + this(payloadClass, false, false); --- End diff -- Doesn't this approach imply that moving to Curator 2.12.x requires you to change the code base to not break backwards compatibility? Shouldn't the default be to be in compatibility mode? Then you can just upgrade to 2.12.x and everything will still work, but you need to change the code base to pick up the fix for CURATOR-275?
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