## 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.

 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
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);

	if b == nil {
		bb := Bytes(nil)
		return &bb
	}
	bb := NewBytesCap(len(b))
	*bb = append(*bb, b...)
	return bb
}

// Bytes provides a byte slice that can be serialized.
type Bytes []byte

// UnmarshalMsg deserializes b from the provided byte slice and returns the
// remainder of bytes.
func (b *Bytes) UnmarshalMsg(bytes []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	if b == nil {

    return proxyClass.isInstance(arg)
        // Equal proxy instances should mostly be instance of proxyClass
        // Under some edge cases (such as the proxy of JDK types serialized and then deserialized)
        // the proxy type may not be the same.
        // We first check isProxyClass() so that the common case of comparing with non-proxy objects
        // is efficient.

    return proxyClass.isInstance(arg)
        // Equal proxy instances should mostly be instance of proxyClass
        // Under some edge cases (such as the proxy of JDK types serialized and then deserialized)
        // the proxy type may not be the same.
        // We first check isProxyClass() so that the common case of comparing with non-proxy objects
        // is efficient.

	}

	// Add one more.
	if !replaced {
		keys = append(keys, []byte(key))
		vals = append(vals, value)
		plSize += len(key) + len(value) + msgp.StringPrefixSize + msgp.ArrayHeaderSize
	}

	// Reserialize...
	x.serialize(plSize, keys, vals)
}

// rename will rename a key.
// Returns whether the key was found.
func (x *xlMetaInlineData) rename(oldKey, newKey string) bool {
	in := x.afterVersion()

        double z = a.updateAndGet(value -> value - y);
        assertBitEquals(x - y, z);
        assertBitEquals(x - y, a.get());
      }
    }
  }

  /** a deserialized serialized atomic holds same value */
  public void testSerialization() throws Exception {
    AtomicDouble a = new AtomicDouble();
    AtomicDouble b = serialClone(a);
    assertNotSame(a, b);
    a.set(-22.0);

   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>If {@code C} explicitly implements {@link Object#equals}, the deserialized instance will
   *       be checked to be equal to the instance before serialization.
   *   <li>If {@code C} doesn't explicitly implement {@code equals} but instead inherits it from a
   *       superclass, no equality check is done on the deserialized instance because it's not clear

	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	t.Log("serialized size:", buf.Len(), "bytes")
	var got dataUsageCache
	err = got.deserialize(&buf)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if got.Info.LastUpdate.IsZero() {
		t.Error("lastupdate not set")
	}

	if !want.Info.LastUpdate.Equal(got.Info.LastUpdate) {
		t.Fatalf("deserialize LastUpdate mismatch\nwant: %+v\ngot:  %+v", want, got)
	}

    assertSame(
        Funnels.byteArrayFunnel(), SerializableTester.reserialize(Funnels.byteArrayFunnel()));
    assertSame(Funnels.integerFunnel(), SerializableTester.reserialize(Funnels.integerFunnel()));
    assertSame(Funnels.longFunnel(), SerializableTester.reserialize(Funnels.longFunnel()));
    assertSame(
        Funnels.unencodedCharsFunnel(),
        SerializableTester.reserialize(Funnels.unencodedCharsFunnel()));
    assertEquals(