JanusGraph / JanusGraph/janusgraph
Support arrays in GraphSON
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Description
JanusGraph supports arrays of primitive types for property types:
```groovy
mgmt.makePropertyKey('vec').dataType(float[]).cardinality(Cardinality.SINGLE).make()
```
Unfortunately, this feature cannot be used with GraphSON right now as we don't have serialization support for arrays. Instead, the array is serialized as a list by the driver which leads to an error on the server side:
```
Expected: class [F, found: class java.util.ArrayList
```
(More information with a concrete example on [gremlin-users](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/gremlin-users/3OyXb1x0s4Q/pm93joFiBAAJ).)
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names GraphSON serialization but no source file or test entry point. Start by locating the GraphSON serialization code and its tests, then reproduce the primitive-array example and the ArrayList type error. Done means primitive arrays such as float[] can be serialized and accepted by the server without being treated as lists.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100