java.time.Instant is not (de)serialized "out of the box"

[gmckerrell]

For non-SQL based datastores, the entity model may typically include Instant attributes. Builtin support for the (de)serialization of this standard types is desirable.

Expected Behavior

ELIDE should provide serialization support for these standard data types out-of-the-box

Current Behavior

ELIDE has to be explicitly set up to coerce these standard type to/from it's ISO8601 string representation "on the wire".

        CoerceUtil.register(Instant.class, new ThirdPartyInstantSerde());

Possible Solution

• add a new serde for Instant

Context

Using non-SQL datastore, and using JAVA-8 date/time types in the model.

Your Environment

• JAVA-11
• ELIDE 4.6.5