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Using the Java binding with Apache Flink and Apache Spark

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Description

Hi I'm trying to use FDB and Flink. It seems that some of the Java classes are not serializable.

```java
[error] Exception in thread "main" org.apache.flink.api.common.InvalidProgramException: com.apple.foundationdb.DatabaseOptions@2ef3eef9 is not serializable. The object probably contains or references non serializable fields.
[error] at org.apache.flink.api.java.ClosureCleaner.clean(ClosureCleaner.java:151)
[error] at org.apache.flink.api.java.ClosureCleaner.clean(ClosureCleaner.java:126)
[error] at org.apache.flink.api.java.ClosureCleaner.clean(ClosureCleaner.java:126)
[error] at org.apache.flink.api.java.ClosureCleaner.clean(ClosureCleaner.java:71)
[error] at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment.clean(StreamExecutionEnvironment.java:1821)
[error] at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream.clean(DataStream.java:188)
[error] at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream.addSink(DataStream.java:1328)
[error] at org.apache.flink.streaming.api.scala.DataStream.addSink(DataStream.scala:1144)
[error] at OlayFlink$.main(OlayFlink.scala:23)
[error] at OlayFlink.main(OlayFlink.scala)
[error] Caused by: java.io.NotSerializableException: com.apple.foundationdb.DatabaseOptions
[error] at java.base/java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1185)
[error] at java.base/java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:349)
[error] at org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil.serializeObject(InstantiationUtil.java:586)
[error] at org.apache.flink.api.java.ClosureCleaner.clean(ClosureCleaner.java:133)
[error] ... 9 more
```
Many of the Java libraries need full serialization support.
It's the same problem in Apache Spark. JVM based big data tools need full serializability so they can send the object to remote executors.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported Java binding failure with Apache Flink and Apache Spark, focusing on the non-serializable DatabaseOptions object shown in the stack trace. No source files or tests are named; define the required serialization behavior and verify that the affected Java library objects can be sent to remote executors.

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Tech stack
java
Domain
distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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