Re: [ecf-dev] Problem serializing Exceptions with OSGIObjectOutputStream

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/12/2018 5:48 AM, Peter Hermsdorf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> after upgrading to the latest ECF release i faced another problem with 
> the "new" serialization.
>
> Serializing Exceptions lead to StackOverflow errors.
>
> I created a bug report with test case 
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=540082
>
>
> Bonus question: What was the intention/use case/requirement for 
> implementing "another serialization" (OSGIObjectOutputStream)?

To support OSGi R7 intents.   'osgi.basic' intent requires being able to 
serialize Version, DTOs and a few other OSGi classes [1] when they 
appear as arguments or return values.

Scott

[1] 
https://osgi.org/specification/osgi.cmpn/7.0.0/service.remoteservices.html#service.remoteservices-osgi.basic

> Thanks, Bye Peter
>
>
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