BytesMessage/NioMessage: change semantics of get/setPayload() ------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JGRP-2529 URL: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JGRP-2529 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Enhancement Reporter: Bela Ban Assignee: Bela Ban Priority: Major Fix For: 5.1.5 Currently, setPayload() invoked on BytesMessage or NioMessage serializes the object into a byte array (byte buffer). However, the equivalent getPayload() returns the byte array/buffer, *not* the object. The semantics should be: * in: byte array, out: byte array * in: object, out: object This can be implemented by adding a SERIALIZED flag: when an object is serialized into a byte array, the flag is set. When set, the byte array isde-serialized into an object on getPayload(), else the byte array is returned.