What about using "versioned" objects (like Foo_v01, Foo_v02) and convert to the latest version when reading a snapshot?
Anyone with experience of that approach? Was thinking it might be less work if you want to have e.g. maps after derserialization? (maps not supported in protobuf) /Per On Thursday, 8 May 2014 09:47:46 UTC+1, Martin Krasser wrote: > > > On 08.05.14 10:43, Tim Pigden wrote: > > Hi > I've found a new thing to worry about :-) > If I use an eventsource model and content myself with the default > serialization and akka persistence, what's the likelihood of my serialized > objects becoming unreadable in the future? What's the long-term stability > of the default akka serialization mechanism? > > > By default, events are serialized with Akka's Java serializer. > > Is there a recommendation? > > > Use a > custom<http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.3.2/scala/persistence.html#custom-serialization>protobuf > (or similar) serializer to serialize your events. This will > support backwards compatible changes to your event schema. > > Tim > -- > >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ > >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: > http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html > >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Akka User List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Martin Krasser > > blog: http://krasserm.blogspot.com > code: http://github.com/krasserm > twitter: http://twitter.com/mrt1nz > > -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
