*
     * @param input The file to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for deserialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @return The deserialized metadata, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the metadata could not be deserialized.
     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.

   *
   * @return the re-serialized object
   * @throws RuntimeException if the specified object was not successfully serialized or
   *     deserialized
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T reserialize(T object) {
    return Platform.reserialize(object);
  }

  /**
   * Serializes and deserializes the specified object and verifies that the re-serialized object is

public class MapSerializationTester<K, V> extends AbstractMapTester<K, V> {
  @CollectionFeature.Require(SERIALIZABLE)
  public void testReserializeMap() {
    Map<K, V> deserialized = SerializableTester.reserialize(getMap());
    new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(getMap(), deserialized).testEquals();
  }

     * returns.
     *
     * @param request The reader request to deserialize the model, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return The deserialized model, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the model could not be deserialized.
     * @throws XmlReaderException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */

   *
   * @return the re-serialized object
   * @throws RuntimeException if the specified object was not successfully serialized or
   *     deserialized
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T reserialize(T object) {
    return Platform.reserialize(object);
  }

  /**
   * Serializes and deserializes the specified object and verifies that the re-serialized object is

public class MapSerializationTester<K, V> extends AbstractMapTester<K, V> {
  @CollectionFeature.Require(SERIALIZABLE)
  public void testReserializeMap() {
    Map<K, V> deserialized = SerializableTester.reserialize(getMap());
    new EqualsTester().addEqualityGroup(getMap(), deserialized).testEquals();
  }

## Decision

We do not use Java serialization. Instead, we use custom serialization where we explicitly describe how data objects should be serialized and deserialized.

For internal purposes, we use binary formats for their brevity.
We use the `Serializer` abstraction to separate the actual implementation of serialization from its uses.

<component name="ProjectDictionaryState">
  <dictionary name="abreslav">
    <words>
      <w>accessor</w>
      <w>covariantly</w>
      <w>deserialized</w>
      <w>dominator</w>
      <w>inferrer</w>
      <w>iterable</w>
      <w>nondeterministic</w>
      <w>nullable</w>
      <w>overridable</w>
      <w>pseudocode</w>
      <w>substitutor</w>
      <w>subtyping</w>
      <w>supertype</w>
      <w>supertypes</w>

## Decision

We do not use Java serialization.
Instead, we use custom serialization where we explicitly describe how data objects should be serialized and deserialized.

For internal purposes, we use binary formats for their brevity.
We use the `Serializer` abstraction to separate the actual implementation of serialization from its uses.

                    is DescriptorWithContainerSource -> {
                        // Deserialized member
                        return getFakeContainingKtModule(containingDeclaration)
                    }
                    is LazyJavaPackageFragment -> {
                        // Deserialized top-level
                        (containingDeclaration.source as KotlinJvmBinarySourceElement).binaryClass.containingLibrary