*
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */
@GwtCompatible
@NullMarked
final class Platform {
  /** Serializes and deserializes the specified object. */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static <T> T reserialize(T object) {
    checkNotNull(object);
    ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    try {
      ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(bytes);

 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */
@GwtCompatible
@NullMarked
final class Platform {
  /** Serializes and deserializes the specified object. */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static <T> T reserialize(T object) {
    checkNotNull(object);
    ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    try {
      ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(bytes);

 */

package com.google.common.collect.testing;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Reserializes the sets created by another test set generator.
 *
 * <p>TODO: make CollectionTestSuiteBuilder test reserialized collections
 *
 * @author Jesse Wilson
 */
@GwtIncompatible
public class ReserializingTestSetGenerator<E> extends ReserializingTestCollectionGenerator<E>

   * Multiset.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
  public void testReserialize() {
    assertEquals(SerializableTester.reserialize(actualContents()), actualContents());
  }

   * Multiset.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("UndefinedEquals")
  public void testReserialize() {
    assertEquals(SerializableTester.reserialize(actualContents()), actualContents());
  }

    }

    @Override
    public SampleElements<E> samples() {
      return gen.samples();
    }

    @Override
    public Collection<E> create(Object... elements) {
      return SerializableTester.reserialize(gen.create(elements));
    }

    @Override
    public E[] createArray(int length) {
      return gen.createArray(length);
    }

    @Override
    public Iterable<E> order(List<E> insertionOrder) {

 */

package com.google.common.collect.testing;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Reserializes the sets created by another test set generator.
 *
 * <p>TODO: make CollectionTestSuiteBuilder test reserialized collections
 *
 * @author Jesse Wilson
 */
@GwtIncompatible
public class ReserializingTestSetGenerator<E> extends ReserializingTestCollectionGenerator<E>

    }

    @Override
    public SampleElements<E> samples() {
      return gen.samples();
    }

    @Override
    public Collection<E> create(Object... elements) {
      return SerializableTester.reserialize(gen.create(elements));
    }

    @Override
    public E[] createArray(int length) {
      return gen.createArray(length);
    }

    @Override
    public Iterable<E> order(List<E> insertionOrder) {

## 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.

    }

    @Override
    public SampleElements<E> samples() {
      return gen.samples();
    }

    @Override
    public Set<E> create(Object... elements) {
      return (Set<E>) SerializableTester.reserialize(gen.create(elements));
    }

    @Override
    public E[] createArray(int length) {
      return gen.createArray(length);
    }

    @Override
    public Iterable<E> order(List<E> insertionOrder) {