Work-around buggy implementation of Collections.checkedList(), 
Collections.synchronizedList(), Collections.unmodifiableList()
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                 Key: TRINIDAD-1251
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TRINIDAD-1251
             Project: MyFaces Trinidad
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 1.2.9-core, 1.2.10-core
         Environment: all
            Reporter: Blake Sullivan


CollectionUtils.getSerializableList() attempt to optimize its behavior by only 
wrapping the List if the passed in backing List does not implement 
Serializable.  However,  Collections.checkedList(), 
Collections.synchronizedList(), Collections.unmodifiableList() are all 
implemented incorrectly with regard to Serialization.  The implementation 
classes used always implement Serializable regardless of whether the supplied 
backing List is itself Serializable.  This results in 
CollectionUtils.getSerializableList() not attempting to wrap the resulting List 
and thus Serialization errors.

Two solutions are provided:

1) A new function that always wraps is now provided:

  /**
   * Returns a List based on the passed in List <code>l</code>,
   * guaranteed to be Serializable. List <code>l</code> will be
   * wrapped in a List that implements Serializable and upon
   * Serialization the contents of <code>l</code> will be copied into
   * the result.
   * <p>
   * If <code>l</code> implements RandomAccess, any returned List will also
   * implement RandomAccess.
   * <p>
   * The results is very similar to creating a new ArrayList with the
   * contents of <code>l</code>, but no wrapper is created unless necessary
   * and the actual creation of the Serializable copy is deferred until
   * Serialization occurs.
   * <p>
   * Code that calls List.subList() and needs the result to be Serializable 
should always
   * use <code>newSerializableList</code> rather than 
<code>getSerializableList</code> because
   * the <code>java.util.Collections</code> implementations of 
<code>checkedList</code>,
   * <code>unmodifiableList</code>, and <code>synchronizedList</code> all lie 
and always implement
   * Serializable, regardless of the serializability of their backing List.
   * @param l The List to get a Serializable version of
   * @return A Serializable version of List <code>l</code>
   * @see #getSerializableList
   * @see #getSerializableCollection
   */
  public static <T> List<T> newSerializableList(List<T> l)

2) The implementation of   public static <T> List<T> 
getSerializableList(List<T> l) has been changed to always wrap the result if 
the backing list was generated by  Collections.checkedList(), 
Collections.synchronizedList() or Collections.unmodifiableList() 

In addition, the previous calls to Collectionutils.getSerializableList() are 
changed to CollectionUtils.newSerializableList() and the support for whitespace 
between the commas was removed, since it won't work when the System property is 
specified on the command line



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