In some heap dumps, a fair amount of the retained data is in the form of Java serialized objects.
Examples would be distributed cache/execution frameworks.
Being able to get some idea of the actual contents of such blobs would be a nice feature.
It would be a convenient if YK would offer the option to (try to) convert a byte[] to a textual representation of the serialized contents.
Feature: decoding of serialized data in byte[] instances
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plethora
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Anton Katilin
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Re: Feature: decoding of serialized data in byte[] instances
Thank you for the suggestion. I've added a feature request for the next major version.
As a workaround, you can try using the "Export bytes to binary file" link available in Quick info for byte[], then feed the result to a standalone tool for parsing serialized objects. I'm not sure such tool exists, but perhaps it's easy to write one.
As a workaround, you can try using the "Export bytes to binary file" link available in Quick info for byte[], then feed the result to a standalone tool for parsing serialized objects. I'm not sure such tool exists, but perhaps it's easy to write one.