Marshaling objects in modern Java

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  • Kryo

    Java binary serialization and cloning: fast, efficient, automatic

  • If you need something quick and dirty to replace the default java serialization with zero configuration needed, use Kryo

  • jackson-annotations

    Core annotations (annotations that only depend on jackson-core) for Jackson data processor

  • If human-readability is required, use JSON, with Jackson or any other libraries.

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  • Protobuf

    Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

  • If binary format is OK, use Protocol Buffer or Avro . Note that in the case of binary formats, you need a schema to serialize/de-serialize your data. Therefore, you'd probably want a schema registry to store all past and present schemas for later usage.

  • Apache Avro

    Apache Avro is a data serialization system.

  • If binary format is OK, use Protocol Buffer or Avro . Note that in the case of binary formats, you need a schema to serialize/de-serialize your data. Therefore, you'd probably want a schema registry to store all past and present schemas for later usage.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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