Simple, hassle-free, zero-boilerplate serialization in Scala/Java similar to Python's Pickle?

Question

Is there a simple, hassle-free approach to serialization in Scala/Java that\'s similar to Python\'s pickle? Pickle is a dead-simple solution that\'s reasonably efficient in spa

Answer 1

I would recommend SBinary. It uses implicits which are resolved at compile time, so it's very effective and typesafe. It comes with built-in support for many common Scala datatypes. You have to manually write the serialization code for your (case) classes, but it's easy to do.

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