[ACCUMULO-3132] Fate uses java serialization which is error-prone between upgrades

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.1
• Component/s: master
• Assignee: Eric C. Newton
• Reporter: Eric C. Newton
• Created: 16/Sep/14 15:18
• Updated: 19/Feb/15 21:08
• Resolved: 08/Jan/15 16:45

Description

Fate uses java serialization to save objects to zookeeper. If an upgrade is performed while a Fate transaction is running, the data stored in Fate may not deserialize in the upgraded software unless developers are very careful about the Repo's internals.

Issue Links

• breaks: ACCUMULO-3433 Lack of consistent serialversionid causing TraceRepoDeserializationTest to fail
• is related to: ACCUMULO-3591 Update FATE serialization to use a serialization library
• is related to: ACCUMULO-3038 java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.InvalidClassException: org.apache.accumulo.trace.thrift.TInfo; local class incompatible
• relates to: ACCUMULO-3137 bump data version number for ACCUMULO-3038 in 1.7