The gift that keeps on giving

[Remi Forax]

Hi Brian,
given that a value type is constructed by a factory method (the constructor is desugared to a static method), why not making the serialization aware of that factory method.

Rémi

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Brian Goetz" <brian.goetz at oracle.com>
> À: "valhalla-spec-experts" <valhalla-spec-experts at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Lundi 11 Mars 2019 20:30:09
> Objet: The gift that keeps on giving

> One thing we need to figure out about value types is … serialization.
> 
> (Pause for everyone to wishfully say “can’t we just disallow it for values?”,
> and three pauses for people to get over this.)
> 
> The problem is that serialization today proceeds by mutation, which might be
> something we could deal with, but the mechanisms for “safer” serialization
> (readObject, etc) also rely on mutation, and that’s harder.
> 
> I’m working on a story here, but for now, let’s just put this on the list of
> legacy pain that we will eventually have to deal with.