GitHub user GJL opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5546
[FLINK-8730][REST] JSON serialize entire SerializedThrowable ## What is the purpose of the change *For the JSON representation, do not only serialize the serialized exception but the entire SerializedThrowable object. This makes it possible to throw the SerializedThrowable itself without deserializing it.* ## Brief change log - *Change JSON serialization of SerializedThrowable.* ## Verifying this change This change added tests and can be verified as follows: - *Added unit tests for `SerializedThrowableSerializer`. Previously, only `JobExecutionResultResponseBodyTest` covered it.* ## Does this pull request potentially affect one of the following parts: - Dependencies (does it add or upgrade a dependency): (yes / **no**) - The public API, i.e., is any changed class annotated with `@Public(Evolving)`: (yes / **no**) - The serializers: (yes / **no** / don't know) - The runtime per-record code paths (performance sensitive): (yes / **no** / don't know) - Anything that affects deployment or recovery: JobManager (and its components), Checkpointing, Yarn/Mesos, ZooKeeper: (yes / **no** / don't know) - The S3 file system connector: (yes / **no** / don't know) ## Documentation - Does this pull request introduce a new feature? (yes / **no**) - If yes, how is the feature documented? (**not applicable** / docs / JavaDocs / not documented) You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/GJL/flink FLINK-8730 Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5546.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #5546 ---- commit b61d0ab35877eb15088bc9e12bd5a63a71f19cdf Author: gyao <gary@...> Date: 2018-02-21T15:02:01Z [FLINK-8730][REST] JSON serialize entire SerializedThrowable Do not only serialize the serialized exception but the entire SerializedThrowable object. This makes it possible to throw the SerializedThrowable itself without deserializing it. ---- ---