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Problems with serialization/deserialization [message #632629] Wed, 13 October 2010 12:10 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Hello,

I'm trying to make a serialization/deserialization of an UML model using java Serializable interface.
My scope is to create an object, make a serialization (so I can save it in a database) and a deserialization (when I retrieve it from database).

In the serialization/deserialization process, problems appeared : java.io.NotSerializableException was thrown when trying to serialize the object with writeObject method.
My solution was to take EMF sources and rewrite the classes with problems, adding "implements java.io.Serializable" so they can accept serialization.
Some modified classes :
- org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier
- org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI;
- org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIHandler;
- org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIConverter;
- org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.ExtendedMetaData; etc.

After these changes, the object was successfully serialized.
The big problem was with deserialization. I encountered this error when trying to deserialize with readObject method :

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreEMap.newEntry(EcoreEMap.java:182)
	at org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap.put(BasicEMap.java:593)
	at org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap.readObject(BasicEMap.java:1557)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList.java:775)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList.java:775)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList.java:775)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
	at teste.BootstrapListener.deserialize(BootstrapListener.java:156)

After making some investigations, I discovered that the problem is in org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap : some fields (like delegateEList) are "transient" by default and they are deserialized as null.

Does anybody else has encountered this type of error? If yes can you please guide me?

Thank you in advance for your help,
Sorin.
Re: Problems with serialization/deserialization [message #632673 is a reply to message #632629] Wed, 13 October 2010 16:15 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
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Sorin,

I think it's a losing battle to take the approach you've taken. This
bugzilla takes a cleaner approach.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=245014

Even then, you're likely better off to put things in a wrapper that's
specialized to use a resource to serialize and deserialize.


Sorin Fagateanu wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to make a serialization/deserialization of an UML model
> using java Serializable interface.
> My scope is to create an object, make a serialization (so I can
> save it in a database) and a deserialization (when I retrieve it from
> database).
> In the serialization/deserialization process, problems appeared :
> java.io.NotSerializableException was thrown when trying to serialize
> the object with writeObject method. My solution was to take EMF
> sources and rewrite the classes with problems, adding "implements
> java.io.Serializable" so they can accept serialization.
> Some modified classes : - org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier
> - org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI;
> - org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIHandler;
> - org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIConverter;
> - org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.ExtendedMetaData; etc.
>
> After these changes, the object was successfully serialized.
> The big problem was with deserialization. I encountered this error
> when trying to deserialize with readObject method :
>
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreEMap.newEntry(EcoreEMap.java :182)
> at org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap.put(BasicEMap.java:593 )
> at
> org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap.readObject(BasicEMap.j ava:1557)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
> at
> org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList .java:775)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
> at
> org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList .java:775)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
> at
> org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList .java:775)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
> at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
> at
> teste.BootstrapListener.deserialize(BootstrapListener.java:1 56)
> After making some investigations, I discovered that the problem is
> in org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap : some fields (like
> delegateEList) are "transient" by default and they are deserialized as
> null.
>
> Does anybody else has encountered this type of error? If yes can
> you please guide me?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help,
> Sorin.
>

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Sorin,<br>
<br>
I think it's a losing battle to take the approach you've taken.  This
bugzilla takes a cleaner approach.<br>
<blockquote><a
href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=245014">https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=245014</a><br>
</blockquote>
Even then, you're likely better off to put things in a wrapper that's
specialized to use a resource to serialize and deserialize.<br>
<br>
<br>
Sorin Fagateanu wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:i94lgl$k17$1@news.eclipse.org" type="cite">Hello,
<br>
<br>
    I'm trying to make a serialization/deserialization of an UML model
using java Serializable interface.
<br>
    My scope is to create an object, make a serialization (so I can
save it in a database) and a deserialization (when I retrieve it from
database).       
<br>
    In the serialization/deserialization process, problems appeared :
java.io.NotSerializableException was thrown when trying to serialize
the object with writeObject method.     My solution was to take EMF
sources and rewrite the classes with problems, adding "implements
java.io.Serializable" so they can accept serialization.
<br>
    Some modified classes :     -
org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier
<br>
    - org.eclipse.emf.common.util.URI;
<br>
    - org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIHandler;
<br>
    - org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIConverter;
<br>
    - org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.ExtendedMetaData; etc.
<br>
<br>
    After these changes, the object was successfully serialized.
<br>
    The big problem was with deserialization. I encountered this error
when trying to deserialize with readObject method :
<br>
    
<br>
java.lang.NullPointerException
<br>
    at
org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EcoreEMap.newEntry(EcoreEMap.java :182)
<br>
    at org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap.put(BasicEMap.java:593 )
<br>
    at
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap.readObject(BasicEMap.j ava:1557)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList .java:775)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList .java:775)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEList.readObject(BasicEList .java:775)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
<br>
    at
teste.BootstrapListener.deserialize(BootstrapListener.java:1 56)        <br>
    After making some investigations, I discovered that the problem is
in org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap : some fields (like
delegateEList) are "transient" by default and they are deserialized as
null.
<br>
    
<br>
    Does anybody else has encountered this type of error? If yes can
you please guide me?
<br>
<br>
Thank you in advance for your help,
<br>
Sorin.
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
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