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Clebert Suconic reassigned JBAS-1579:
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Assign To: Scott M Stark (was: Clebert Suconic)
I've created a TestCase that:
- tests if all classes in a given JAR have the SerialUID
- tests if all classes in all equivalent JARs at the same version have the
SerialUID
- If the default constructor is available, serialize the class and verify if it
can be deserialized in the new version.
I've ran the testcase against jboss-all.jar
Questions: Do you think this testcase is enough for the test-compatibility?
I'm going to add this into jboss-head, and test the backward compatibility
through jboss-4 and jboss-3 what will cover all versions. I didn't add the test
into CVS yet (at the time of this comment).
Please, after you have read and evaluated this comment, assign me the activity
back.
> Need to cleanup the serialVersionUIDs for Serializable/Externalizable classes
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: JBAS-1579
> URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-1579
> Project: JBoss Application Server
> Type: Bug
> Versions: JBossAS-4.0.2RC1, JBossAS-4.0.1 SP1
> Reporter: Scott M Stark
> Assignee: Scott M Stark
> Priority: Blocker
> Fix For: JBossAS-4.0.2 Final
> Attachments: SerializableHasSerialVersionUIDField.zip, TestResultSample.zip
>
>
> I'm seeing incomptibilities between versions that are simply due to the fact
> that Serializable/Externalizable classes are letting their serialVersionUIDs
> float instead of explicitly defining them. We need to get this cleaned up.
> There should not be a single Serializable/Externalizable class that does not
> fix its serialVersionUID and then take responsibility for maintaining
> compatibility with the indicated version.
> The attached SerializableHasSerialVersionUIDField.zip unzips to create a
> SerializableHasSerialVersionUIDField-index.html and
> SerializableHasSerialVersionUIDField directory which is a report of all
> classes in the 4.0 codebase that are not defining a serialVersionUID as they
> should.
> The JDK object serialization spec defines all you need to know about the apis
> and contracts for object serialization:
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/serialization/spec/serialTOC.html
> In particular, Versioning of Serializable Objects:
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/serialization/spec/version.html#wp9419
> talks about binary compatibility and what is available to manage this.
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