Issue 9795: section 1.21.3 IDLEntity (java-rtf)
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Nature: Clarification
Severity: Minor
Summary: http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/02-08-05.pdf section 1.21.3 IDLEntity inclides the Serializable interface, but if an IDLEntity has a union, it will result in Holder classes (i.e. FloatHolder) which do not implement the Serializable interface. This results in NotSerializable exceptions being created when trying to use such objects with java serialization. The quick fix would be to specify that "public interface Streamable" should extend java.io.Serializable, since the holder classes extend from that as well. 

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Name: Dave Brink
Company: at&t
mailFrom: david.c.brink@att.com 
Notification: Yes
Specification: OMG IDL to Java Language Mappint
Section: 1.21.3
FormalNumber: http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/02-08-05.pdf
Version: 1.2
RevisionDate: 08/05/2002
Page: 122
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Minor
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Description
http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/02-08-05.pdf section 1.21.3 IDLEntity inclides the Serializable interface, but if an IDLEntity has a union, it will result in Holder classes (i.e. FloatHolder) which do not implement the Serializable interface. This results in NotSerializable exceptions being created when trying to use such objects with java serialization. The quick fix would be to specify that "public interface Streamable" should extend java.io.Serializable, since the holder classes extend from that as well.