Github user StephanEwen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2357#discussion_r74439866
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flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/rpc/akka/messages/RpcInvocation.java
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+package org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.akka.messages;
+
+import org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Rpc invocation message containing the remote procedure name, its
parameter types and the
+ * corresponding call arguments.
+ */
+public final class RpcInvocation implements Serializable {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = -7058254033460536037L;
+
+ private final String methodName;
+ private final Class<?>[] parameterTypes;
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Similar as giving a better exception on non-serializable types, we can try
and give a better exception on Classes that are not part of the system class
loader.
The current Akka behavior (dropping the message) was always a bit to
silent. Sending back an exception could help catching these things more easily.
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