NetSerializer v1.1 (added final field support)

Changes

• Final fields can now be serialized and deserialized.

Features

• Simple serialization of Java objects into a DataOutput
• Produces very little overhead over the actual raw data contained in a serialized object
• Serialization of primitive Java types, Strings, Lists, Sets, Maps and Class objects built-in and optimized
• Supports inheritance and composition of serializable types
• Supports custom readers/writers for specific classes to reduce overhead or speed up serialization even further

Limitations

• Does not allow cycles in the object graph to be serialized
• The serializer needs to know the serializable classes beforehand
• No versioning of serializable classes (assumes sender and receiver of serializable data have compatible versions of classes)
• No support for array types yet (use collections instead)
• Fields containing collections have to be declared as their interface types (i.e. "List<...>" instead of "ArrayList<...>", which is good practice anyway)

Initial release version

The initial, working version of the library.

Features

• Simple serialization of Java objects into a DataOutput
• Produces very little overhead over the actual raw data contained in a serialized object
• Serialization of primitive Java types, Strings, Lists, Sets, Maps and Class objects built-in and optimized
• Supports inheritance and composition of serializable types
• Supports custom readers/writers for specific classes to reduce overhead or speed up serialization even further

Limitations

• No support for final fields (added in v1.1)
• Does not allow cycles in the object graph to be serialized
• The serializer needs to know the serializable classes beforehand
• No versioning of serializable classes (assumes sender and receiver of serializable data have compatible versions of classes)
• No support for array types yet (use collections instead)
• Fields containing collections have to be declared as their interface types (i.e. "List<...>" instead of "ArrayList<...>", which is good practice anyway)