Does anyone have any thoughts or experiences on Object Validation, after
Unmarshalling a serialization stream to a new class file version?
Traditionally, you can be significantly tied to your class's original
implementation, especially if you simply implement Serializable without
due consideration, as you have to support unmarshalling to the earlier
class file versions as well. However in the new versioning framework,
there are significant benefits to dropping support for unmarshalling to
earlier class file formats, while maintaining the ability to unmarshall
object state and data from all serialized Object instances. The actual
decision about when to drop the support should be up to the application
programmer, however what would he want in place to support this ability?
Penny for your thoughts?
Peter.
