[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBossCache] - Re: Serialization Compatibility Tests

Ok, we have a problem with these classes: | org.jboss.cache.OptimisticTreeNode | org.jboss.cache.optimistic.DefaultDataVersion | org.jboss.cache.optimistic.FqnComparator | They currently (1.4.1.CR1) have svuid fields set to be compatible with 1.4.0, which is not compatible with 1.3.0. If I change these to be compatible with 1.3.0, it will break compat with 1.4.0, which I think is more important. At the end of the day though, minor version updates are allowed to break wire-level compat, as long as the API is not broken. So 1.3.0 -> 1.4.0 causing a serialization error should be ok, I suppose? Not ideal, and this should be minimised as far as possible, but I can't see a way around this now that this is out in 1.4.0. At least having a test suite like this will mean this shouldn't happen in future. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3996856#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...