[infinispan-dev] StoreByValueTest tck test

[Vladimir Blagojevic]

On 13-01-28 6:56 AM, Manik Surtani wrote:
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> Now lets consider what JSR 107 needs.  Similarly named, the feature in JSR 107 serves a completely different purpose, and this is referential integrity.  Think database-style isolation (repeatable read, etc) where concurrent threads holding object references to the same value, and mutating the same value, are not visible until a commit.

Exactly!
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> I originally thought that Infinispan's storeAsBinary can be used for this, but apparently not without some additional changes/tweaks.  Maybe we need:
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> 1) A new config option for this behaviour.  <storeAsBinary defensive="true" /> ?
> 2) If enabled, maybe use a subclass of MarshalledValue (DefensiveMarshalledValue?) that *always* stores a byte[] and never caches the object representation?
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> What do you think?
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+1
I think we need this asap as we can not push forward jsr impl without 
it. We might use eager instead of defensive. Seems we like that word a 
lot and have it in other config options but essentially I had the same 
thing in mind as Manik.