1 /*
2 * Copyright 2012 The Netty Project
3 *
4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
7 *
8 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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14 * under the License.
15 */
16 package io.netty.handler.codec.serialization;
17
18 /**
19 * please use {@link ClassResolvers} as instance factory
20 * <p>
21 * <strong>Security:</strong> serialization can be a security liability,
22 * and should not be used without defining a list of classes that are
23 * allowed to be desirialized. Such a list can be specified with the
24 * <tt>jdk.serialFilter</tt> system property, for instance.
25 * See the <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/core/serialization-filtering1.html">
26 * serialization filtering</a> article for more information.
27 *
28 * @deprecated This class has been deprecated with no replacement,
29 * because serialization can be a security liability
30 */
31 @Deprecated
32 public interface ClassResolver {
33
34 Class<?> resolve(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException;
35
36 }