Querying objects serialized with ReflectionBasedAutoSerializer from gfsh on GemFire 6.6.x fails with the error: not deserialize pdx because a PdxSerializer does not exist

Products

• VMware Tanzu Gemfire

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
Querying objects serialized with ReflectionBasedAutoSerializer from gfsh on GemFire 6.6.x fails with the error: not deserialize pdx because a PdxSerializer does not exist.

• Cannot query objects serialized with ReflectionBasedAutoSerializer from gfsh in GemFire 6.6.x
• Querying objects serialized with ReflectionBasedAutoSerializer fails with a PdxSerializationException:

  gfsh:/>select -l 5           
  gfsh:/>select * from /MyPDXRegion
  
  Error: PdxSerializationException -- Could not deserialize pdx because a PdxSerializer does not exist.

Environment

Cause

This issue occurs because a PdxSerializer does not exist.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, you must prepare a Pdx Serializer before starting gfsh:

1. Create your cache.xml for gfsh, such as gfsh-cache.xml, similar to:

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <!DOCTYPE cache PUBLIC "-//GemStone Systems, Inc.//GemFire Declarative Caching 6.6//EN" "http://www.gemstone.com/dtd/cache6_6.dtd">
   
   <cache>
     <pdx read-serialized="false">
       <pdx-serializer>
         <class-name>com.gemstone.gemfire.pdx.ReflectionBasedAutoSerializer</class-name>
         <parameter name="classes">
           <string>your.package.name.for.your.classes.*</string>
         </parameter>
       </pdx-serializer>
     </pdx>
   </cache>

2. Set the environment parameter pointing to the cache.xml file created in Step 1:

   $ export JAVA_ARGS="-Dgemfire.cache-xml-file=/path/to/gfsh-cache.xml"
   $ gfsh -l .... -c ...

3. Start gfsh.