com.googlecode.objectify.annotation

Annotation Type Serialize

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={TYPE,FIELD})
public @interface Serialize

When placed on an entity field, the field will be written as a single Blob property using java serialization. Can also be placed on a class to indicate that all fields of that type should be serialized.

• The field can contain an arbitrary object graph.
• All classes in the graph must follow Java serialization rules (ie, implement Serializable).
• You will not be able to use the field or any child fields in queries.
• Within serialized classes, transient (the java keyword) fields will not be stored. @Ignore fields *will* be stored!
• @Serialize collections can be nested inside @Embed collections.
• Java serialization is opaque to the datastore viewer and other languages (ie gae/python).

You are strongly advised to place serialVersionUID on all classes that you intend to store as @Serialize. Without this, any change to your classes will prevent stored objects from being deserialized on fetch.

Author:

Jeff Schnitzer

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
int	compressionLevel If zip is true, sets the compression level of the Deflater.
boolean	zip If true, the data stream will be compressed on write using a DeflatorInputStream.

Element Detail

zip

public abstract boolean zip

If true, the data stream will be compressed on write using a DeflatorInputStream. This only affects writes; on read, Objectify will understand both compressed and uncompressed data.

Default:

false

compressionLevel

public abstract int compressionLevel

If zip is true, sets the compression level of the Deflater.

Default:

-1