John Blum created GEODE-7394:
--------------------------------
Summary: Gfsh `configure pdx` command is non-intuitive and
currently has a bad user experience
Key: GEODE-7394
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-7394
Project: Geode
Issue Type: Bug
Components: serialization
Reporter: John Blum
The _Gfsh_ {{configure pdx}} command does *not* register a {{PdxSerializer}}
(e.g. {{ReflectionBasedAutoSerializer}}, or otherwise) unless the
{{--auto-serializable-classes}} option is explicitly specified. Without a
{{PdxSerializer}} the command essentially serves no purpose nor has any effect.
Effectively, the command is useless.
For example, doing something like `gfsh> configure pdx --read-serialized=false`
or `gfsh> configure pdx --ignore-unread-fields` by itself is *pointless* since
ultimately there would be no `PdxSerializer` registered in this case.
_Gfsh_ should minimally register a `PdxSerializer` anytime the `configure pdx`
command is used regardless of the options provided, especially if it returns
successfully without incident. For instance, it could register the
`ReflectionBaseAutoSerializer` with the REGEX {{.*}} (de/serializing all types,
regardless of whether that is optimal or not).
Alternatively, if we decide not to register the
{{ReflectionBasedAutoSerialier}} with a generic REGEX (e.g. {{.*}}), then we
should _fail-fast_ and the command should report that
{{--[portable-]-auto-serializable-classes}} is required!
--
This message was sent by Atlassian Jira
(v8.3.4#803005)
