[MRUNIT-95] use Serialization framework to change all set/add input/output methods to serialize, deserialize to do defensive copying

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Labels: serialization
• Assignee: Jim Donofrio
• Reporter: Jim Donofrio
• Created: 03/Apr/12 13:05
• Updated: 10/Jul/12 22:16
• Resolved: 18/Apr/12 01:43

Description

Use Serialization framework to change all set/add input/output methods to serialize, deserialize to do defensive copying. This will prevent users from modifying input/expected output objects by accident. The one problem is dealing with custom serializations that require a setting in the conf. Users would have to make sure to set the property in the conf before adding any input/output, this may break some existing test programs. I guess we can just throw a meaningful exception in the add method when we cannot serialize, deserialize.