Mikhail Loenko wrote: > Hello, > > Do we need to have serialVersionUIDs for all Serializable classes even if > those > fields are missing in API Spec or we might omit them? > > According to Java Object Serialization Specification, 4.6 > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/serialization/spec/class.html#4100 > > "It is strongly recommended that all serializable classes explicitly declare > serialVersionUID values, since the default serialVersionUID > computation is highly > sensitive to class details that may vary depending on compiler > implementations, > and can thus result in unexpected serialVersionUID conflicts during > deserialization, > causing deserialization to fail" > > I suggest to have these fields for all serialized classes, unless > there is a particular > reason for those classes not to have serialVersionUID > > (And I'm not saying that we need them instead of serialization tests :) > > Opinions?
I agree. (I suppose I should get used to just saying "+1", to fit in round here). Regards, Tim > Thanks, > Mikhail Loenko > Intel Middleware Products Division > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK.
