[GROOVY-5866] Create @AutoSerialize as an addition to @AutoExternalize

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.5, 2.0.6
• Labels: wish
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Johann
• Created: 25/Dec/12 08:13
• Updated: 18/Jun/13 13:20
• Resolved: 18/Jun/13 13:20

Description

After playing with @AutoExternalize, I found out the hard way I cannot use Externalizable (due to XStream, long story), but using Serializable is possible.

So, if Groovy has @AutoExternalize, why not have @AutoSerialize?

The code would be pretty identical. Here are the changes:

• no explicit no-argument constructor needed
• private void readObject(ObjectInputStream) instead of public void readExternal(ObjectInput)
• private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream) instead of public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput)
• no need to call super. {readObject|writeObject}

  FWIK, contrary to Externalizable.