[jira] Created: (RIVER-154) Entry spec should distinguish between entry serialization vs field serialization

["Bob Scheifler (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Entry spec should distinguish between entry serialization vs field serialization
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                 Key: RIVER-154
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RIVER-154
             Project: River
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: net_jini_core
    Affects Versions: jtsk_1.0
            Reporter: Bob Scheifler
            Priority: Trivial


Bugtraq ID [4230054|http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4230054]

IMHO the spec is ambigous regarding the serialization of the entry class (vs its fields).  

[Section 1.3 of the entry specification]
"In a store operation, the class of the entry type itself is also
written with a MarshalledObject, ensuring that it, too, may be downloaded 
from a codebase."

This implies (to me) that the class is sent as a MarshalledObject, when in fact only the classname/codebase is sent in our implementations (e.g. outrigger).

This distinction makes a semantic difference when passing Remote objects, for instance.  If you pass it as a MarshalledObject, then you'd expect to pass the associated "stub" file. In our implementations, the actual class gets passed and not the "stub".

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