[BEANUTILS-417] java.io.StreamCorruptedException: defaultWriteObject or writeFields not called on the sender's side

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0

Environment

WebSphere Platform 7.0.0.23 [ND 7.0.0.23 cf231218.02]
Host Operating System is Linux, version 2.6.32.59-0.7-default
Java version = JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux amd64-64 jvmxa6460sr10fp1-20120202_101568 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - 20120202_101568
JIT - r9_20111107_21307ifx1
GC - 20120202_AA_CMPRSS, Java Compiler = j9jit24, Java VM name = IBM J9 VM

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: krisha
• Created: 29/Aug/12 13:28
• Updated: 22/Oct/14 05:09

Description

The exception is an expected behavior as the implementation of the
DynaProperty.readObject and DynaProperty.writeObject do not adhere to
the serialization specifications.

When I looked at the implementation of the write/readObject in
org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaProperty at the link -
(
http://javasourcecode.org/html/open-source/commons-beanutils/commons-bea
nutils-1.8.1/org/apache/commons/beanutils/DynaProperty.java.html)
I see that they do not adhere to the serialization specification
(
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/serialization/spec/output.
html#861)
which states the following -
Either ObjectOutputStream's defaultWriteObject or writeFields method
must be called once (and only once) before writing any optional data
that will be needed by the corresponding readObject method to restore
the state of the object; even if no optional data is written,
defaultWriteObject or writeFields must still be invoked once. If
defaultWriteObject or writeFields is not invoked once prior to the
writing of optional data (if any), then the behavior of instance
deserialization is undefined in cases where the ObjectInputStream cannot
resolve the class which defined the writeObject method in question.
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The defaultWriteObject or writeFields have to be invoked prior to
writing any data.

A fix was added to the Java 6 SR10 onwards (IX90079), to catch incorrect
implementations of the read/writeObjects. Hence, the exception is seen
with WAS 7.

3182 [8/24/12 12:13:45:967 EDT] 00000034 ORBRas 3 com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream invokeObjectReader:1812 ORB.thread.pool : 0 The following exception was logged
3183 java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
3184 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
3185 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:48)
3186 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
3187 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600)
3188 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.invokeObjectReader(IIOPInputStream.java:1809)
3189 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.inputObjectUsingClassDesc(IIOPInputStream.java:1529)
3190 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.inputObjectClassDesc(IIOPInputStream.java:1504)
3191 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.readSerializable(IIOPInputStream.java:1178)
3192 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.simpleReadObjectInternal(IIOPInputStream.java:460)
3193 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.simpleReadObjectLoop(IIOPInputStream.java:545)
3194 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.simpleReadObject(IIOPInputStream.java:497)
3195 at com.ibm.rmi.io.ValueHandlerImpl.readValue(ValueHandlerImpl.java:210)
3196 at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.CDRReader.read_value(CDRReader.java:1578)
3197 at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.ObjectCopierFactory$AbstractArrayCopier.doWork(ObjectCopierFactory.java:424)
3198 at com.ibm.rmi.iiop.ObjectCopierFactory$AbstractCopier.invoke(ObjectCopierFactory.java:229)
3199 at $Proxy24.doWork(Unknown Source)
3200 at com.ibm.ejs.oa.pool.PooledThread.run(ThreadPool.java:118)
3201 at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1613)
3202 Caused by: java.io.StreamCorruptedException: defaultWriteObject or writeFields not called on the sender's side
3203 at com.ibm.rmi.io.IIOPInputStream.defaultReadObject(IIOPInputStream.java:681)
3204 at org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaProperty.readObject(DynaProperty.java:281)
3205 ... 18 more