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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/SerializableValueDescription.java b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/SerializableValueDescription.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4d055d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/SerializableValueDescription.java @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +package org.junit.internal; + +import java.io.Serializable; + +/** + * This class exists solely to provide a serializable description of a value to be serialized as a field in + * {@link AssumptionViolatedException}. Being a {@link Throwable}, it is required to be {@link Serializable}, but a + * value of type Object provides no guarantee to be serializable. This class works around that limitation as + * {@link AssumptionViolatedException} only every uses the string representation of the value, while still retaining + * backwards compatibility with classes compiled against its class signature before 4.14 and/or deserialization of + * previously serialized instances. + */ +class SerializableValueDescription implements Serializable { + private final String value; + + private SerializableValueDescription(Object value) { + this.value = String.valueOf(value); + } + + /** + * Factory method that checks to see if the value is already serializable. + * @param value the value to make serializable + * @return The provided value if it is null or already serializable, + * the SerializableValueDescription representation of it if it is not. + */ + static Object asSerializableValue(Object value) { + if (value == null || value instanceof Serializable) { + return value; + } else { + return new SerializableValueDescription(value); + } + } + + @Override + public String toString() { + return value; + } +} |