coherence pof configuration generation

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POF Configuration GeneratorHarvey RajaPrincipal Member Technical StaffOracle Coherence

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Agenda

How we got here?

What’s the problem?

The red pill…

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POF Through The Ages…

Traditionally for an object to be serialized using POF two mechanisms exist:

– Object implements PortableObject

– A PofSerializer is registered for the Class type of the Object

In Coherence 3.7.1 we introduce the @Portable and @PortableProperty annotations

The intention was to ease the developer experience…

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Examples

Teleporting the atom…

Portable ObjectPofSerializerPOF Annotations

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POF Configuration Generator

Generates POF configuration file based on classes

Predictable type-id generation

Generational– Accepts previous POF configuration file

Operates against a GAR and supported by maven GAR plugin

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POF Configuration Generator

Can be invoked command line or consumable API

Classes are not loaded by the JVM

No dependency on third party disassembler

Potential integration as a part of application startup

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