quoting IRC conversation:
<sebersole> sannegrinovero: ah i remember why...
<sebersole> Configuration
<sebersole> we have tests that explicitly test serializing Configuration
<sebersole> and services not being Serializable can cause those to fail
<sebersole> of course thats a transitory concern
<sebersole> like i said in the email prior to emmanuel's semi-harsh
reply... i dont think it is really necessary
<sannegrinovero> ah, if it's transitory would you accept a patch to
remove the comment and the "extends Serializable" ?
<sannegrinovero> I can replace the comment with a "soft requirement"
for some services explicitly needed in tests
<sebersole> no, i would not accept such a patch...
<sebersole> but you could make that change if you want
<sebersole> :)
<sebersole> just run the tests first
<sannegrinovero> you mean I should push it directly?
<sebersole> yep
On 26 September 2012 13:38, Emmanuel Bernard <emmanuel(a)hibernate.org> wrote:
On Wed 2012-09-26 13:24, Sanne Grinovero wrote:
> I just found this comment on org.hibernate.service.Service:
>
> /**
> * Marker interface for services.
> * <p/>
> * NOTE : All services must be {@link Serializable}!
> *
> * @author Steve Ebersole
> */
> public interface Service extends Serializable {
>
>
> What kind of bad things will happen to us if violating this recommendation?
>
> In OGM we have for example connection pools managed in a Service, we
> can hardly serialize that.
Well with a bit of work we could make such services serializable but it
seems the equivalent services for ORM are not necessarily making this
effort.