Jörg Schaible wrote: > Hi Derek, > > Trumbo, Derek wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I had some trouble researching whether or not this was still an issue, so >> I apologize in advance if this too commonly asked. I saw a post from a >> long time ago indicating that readResolve is not called on an object that >> implements Externalizable. I am experiencing the same issue (1.4.7). >> Before posting code, I figured I'd ask as to the status of this issue, >> whether it was thought to be fixed, or still an outstanding issue. >> Thanks so much! > > actually it's the first time, I hear complaints about this. However, > Javadoc of Externalizable explicitly states "These methods (writeExternal > and readExternal) supersede customized implementations of writeObject and > readObject methods." i.e. it would be wrong to call readResolve().
Hehehe, I should have read better. Yes, you're right, an Externalizable may use writeReplace and readResolve and you're right again, the ExternalizableConverter does not honor the situation. Please open a JIRA issue. Cheers, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email