[chain] ContextBase throws NotSerializable exception for PropertyDescriptor

• Key: CHAIN-12
• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jeff Ramsdale
• Affects Version/s: 1.0

Environment

Operating System: other
Platform: Other

Description

It seems ContextBase is intended to be serializable (
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/chain/apidocs/serialized-form.html &
http://marc.10east.com/?l=jakarta-commons-user&m=111323289317819&w=2 ), but an
attempt to serialize a simple subclass throws the following:

java.io.NotSerializableException: java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1054)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:278)
at java.util.HashMap.writeObject(HashMap.java:978)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:809)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1296)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1247)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1052)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1332)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1304)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1247)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1052)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1332)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1304)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1247)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1052)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:278)
at
net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.ProjectTest.testDeserialization(ProjectTest.java:371)

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