Investigate backward/forward binary compatibility between JGroups releases -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JGRP-196 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-196 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Feature Request Affects Versions: 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.9.1, 2.3 Reporter: Bela Ban Assignee: Bela Ban Priority: Major Fix For: Future Goal: JGroups versions are able to read messages from older and *newer* versions. Solution: provide a plugin directory which contains marshaller factories which are keyed by version ID and know how to read/write to/from older/newer versions.