Re: [JGIT PATCH] 1/2 : (reworked) Externalizable/Serializable Items

> Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> wrote:
> > Shawn wrote:
> > > > +            os.writeUTF(KEY_FETCH);
> > > > +            os.writeUTF(refspec.toString());
> > > > +        }
> > > > +
> > > > +        for (RefSpec refspec : push) {
> > > > +        	os.writeUTF(KEY_PUSH);
> > > > +            os.writeUTF(refspec.toString());
> > > > +        }
> > > 
> > > Should we maybe allow RefSpec to serialize itself with
> > > os.writeObject() rather than using writeUTF() directly?
> > 
> > Doesn't the style above make it easy to define and document
> > a format that is easy for non-java programs to write and read,
> > while writeObject introduces java-centric stuff (depending on
> > the full class name etc).
> 
> Non-Java reading a Java serialization stream?  Seriously?