Hi all,
*Question:*
Would you consider supporting classes annotated with JaxB (with annotation
javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType) to be serializable by GWT service?
*Motivation:*
I work a lot with classes annotated with JaxB that are not
java.io.Serializable and neither I can implement in them the
com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable interface.
This constrict our project to maintain an almost clone of the server data
model and use Dozer to map jaxb-xml classes to gwt-IsSerializable ones.
*(Potential) Solution:*
Today I've tested hacking the
com.google.gwt.user.rebind.rpc.SerializableTypeOracleBuilder (the one in
GWT 2.7.0 sources) by changing isAutoSerializable() method into this:
static boolean isAutoSerializable(JClassType type) {
try {
JClassType isSerializable = getIsSerializableMarkerInterface(type);
JClassType serializable = getSerializableMarkerInterface(type);
return type.isAssignableTo(isSerializable) || type.isAssignableTo(
serializable) ||
type.isAnnotationPresent(XmlType.class);
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
return false;
}
}
where I have added to the OR condition the check to see if "type" is
annotated with JaxB's @XmlType.
I've made some quick test, and with this hack I've successfully compiled a
very large data set of JaxB annotated POJOs, and successfully exchanged in
a GWT RPC service a couple of these object (in the next days I'll make more
deep testing).
*Discussion:*
The solution is easy to apply, from my point of view the only negative
impact is that it adds a new import to SerializableTypeOracleBuilder, but
JSR 222 is integrated into Java SE since 1.6.
The contract on XmlType should be as restrictive as the one on
Serializable, so if it is annotated correctly for JaxB, then it should
serialize with GWT safely.
The above solution is partial, as to be fully compliant with JSR 222, it
should also implement other JaxB annotations (among others @XmlAccessorType and
@XmlTransient) but it could be initially implemented like this as
Experimental feature enabled by a compiler option.
Could you please express your opinion and your level of harmony with this
proposal? ;-)
If there is a bit of interest and nobody is against, I can open a issue and
propose a patch, but it is 1 year I don't propose GWT patches and if
someone with the hands in the code and gerrit could do it, I welcome him!
Thank you,
Cristiano
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