Can't materialize global class references if class not present

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Objects whose class is not present on serialization are simply ignore. I like 
that feature. Unfortunately, the same doesn't apply to global class references. 
Trying to materialize a global class reference when that class does not exist 
on the target system results in an unrecoverable error.

I propose to handle global class references the same way we handle fixed 
objects during materialization with regard to absent classes.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by maxle...@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2013 at 8:38

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I'm sorry, I don't understand. Objects whose class is not present on 
serialization are ignored? 

Sounds good in general terms since it's always better to be "fault tolerant", 
but I didn't catch the exact case. 

Could you explain again, please? 

thanks!

Original comment by tinchod...@gmail.com on 1 Mar 2013 at 9:42

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For some reason, in my setup I was able to load a graph with objects whose 
class was not present in the image. When I wanted to verify that right now with 
a fresh fuel installation, that didn't work (FLClassNotFound was signaled, as 
expected).

Something's a bit weird here� let me investigate and I'll get back to you.

Original comment by maxle...@gmail.com on 4 Mar 2013 at 5:09

[GoogleCodeExporter]

ok

It's strange, I don't remember we have ever supported this.

But I can be a good idea. IIRC in Parcels 
(http://scg.unibe.ch/archive/papers/Mira05aParcels.pdf) they support something 
like this. I guess a kind of temporary/anonymous class is created with the 
original name and the original instance variable names (information that we 
have).This way the instances can be materialized. I don't know very well.

Original comment by tinchod...@gmail.com on 5 Mar 2013 at 2:22

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[theseion]

Was probably a setup issue.