Object serialization in ValueJavaObject

[Sergi Vladykin]

Hi Thomas,

I use embedded in-memory database and want to avoid java object values serialization/deserialization. Also this will give us natural ability to sort rows by Comparable field. I understand that in general this is incorrect and insecure but what do you think if we'll add some special disabled by default flag which will switch H2 to that mode?

Sergi

[Sergi Vladykin]

Any comments on this?

[Thomas Mueller]

Hi,

I'm sorry for the delay. Yes, this would be a nice feature, not just
for in-memory databases. The easiest solution for a "feature switch"
would be a system property, but a database level setting would be
better of course.

I would probably try to use the ValueJavaObject class, maybe add a new
field "Object javaObject" there, so that this object is used instead
of the byte array if possible. The byte array would still be required
when writing / reading to / from the database file.

Regards,
Thomas