implementation for fields compatibility in default configuration #248
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a very simple hack in order to handle deserialisation of un-synched classes from the point of view of fields.
The hack is handling removed/added fields on the receiver side or sending side. EQ: a field is removed/added at the
serialisation VM or de-serialising VM.
The hack is using an uniqueId computed as a CRC32 on the name of the declaring class and the field name. The uniqueId
is used to find the removed or added fields.
On the de-serialising side the removed fields are read but not set, the new fields are ignored. In order to "jump" over
the field data we will prefix the data with a byte or 4byte information about the size of the serialized field.
The hack is enforcing the order of de-serialisation as the one at the time of serialisation.
Note: I did not implemented all the scenarios as we do not need it them.
Thus the hack is working only with in default SHARED configuration with classes that are not registred and that are not in
compatible mode! Also the hack is not working with Conditional or Version annotations
Further work : make this configurable and not static as it is
Cons: the resulting binary format is bigger.
Pros: backward/forward compatibility between versions of classes in simple cases (adding/removing fields)