The specification of the Java serialization demands that a private
writeObject(ObjectOutputStream) method is used -- if it exists. In that
case, ObjectOutputStream must not write the contents of the fields
(called 'classdata[]' in the documentation) but offer that via the
defaultWriteObject() method.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
The serialization protocol specifies a quick method to serialize
a String (because that is so common an operation): TC_STRING +
(short)length + bytes. Let's use that, also to make it easier to test
the upcoming changes to TreeMap harmonizing that Avian's serialization
of said class with OpenJDK's.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
The Java Language Specification documents the serialization protocol
implemented by this change set:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/serialization/spec/protocol.html#10258
This change is intended to make it easier to use Avian VM as a drop-in
replacement for the Oracle JVM when serializing objects.
The previous serialization code is still available as
avian.LegacyObjectOutputStream.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Previously, I used a shell script to extract modification date ranges
from the Git history, but that was complicated and unreliable, so now
every file just gets the same year range in its copyright header. If
someone needs to know when a specific file was modified and by whom,
they can look at the Git history themselves; no need to include it
redundantly in the header.
