Can't setup PofAnnotationSerializer in pof-config.xml

Question

Hi,
i have class annotated with @Portable and @PortableProperty, and pof-config.xml for setup serializer:
      <user-type>
         <type-id>1001</type-id>
         <class-name>entity.dto.base.EmployeeBaseDTO</class-name>
         <serializer>
            <class-name>com.tangosol.io.pof.PofAnnotationSerializer</class-name>
                <init-params>
                <init-param>
                    <param-type>int</param-type>
                    <param-value>1001</param-value>
                 </init-param>
                 <init-param>
                    <param-type>java.lang.Class</param-type>
                    <param-value>entity.dto.base.EmployeeBaseDTO</param-value>
                 </init-param>
              </init-params>
         </serializer>
      </user-type>
While starting Coherence 3.7.1 cluster, I get error:
Unable to instantiate PofSerializer class: com.tangosol.io.pof.PofAnnotationSerializer (Config=...\pof-config.xml, Type-Id=1001,
Class-Name=entity.dto.base.EmployeeBaseDTO))
java.lang.InstantiationException: Could not find a constructor for com.tangosol.io.pof.PofAnnotationSerializer(java.lang.Integer, com.tangosol.run.xml.SimpleElement)
Why second PofAnnotationSerializer contructor parameter is com.tangosol.run.xml.SimpleElement and not java.lang.Class ?
BTW setup PofAnnotationSerializer programatically works fine:
SimplePofContext pofCtx = new SimplePofContext();
int typeId = 1001;
pofCtx.registerUserType(typeId, EmployeeBaseDTO.class , new PofAnnotationSerializer<EmployeeBaseDTO>(typeId++, EmployeeBaseDTO.class, true));
Thanks,
L.V.

Answer 1

OK, so to enable auto indexing then yes, you need to specify the serializer in the POF configuration, as it says in the documentation 19.3.3 Enabling Automatic Indexing.
So in your case the configuration should look like this
      <user-type>
         <type-id>1001</type-id>
         <class-name>entity.dto.base.EmployeeBaseDTO</class-name>
         <serializer>
            <class-name>com.tangosol.io.pof.PofAnnotationSerializer</class-name>
                <init-params>
                <init-param>
                    <param-type>int</param-type>
                    <param-value>{type-id}</param-value>
                 </init-param>
                 <init-param>
                    <param-type>class</param-type>
                    <param-value>{class}</param-value>
                 </init-param>
                 <init-param>
                    <param-type>boolean</param-type>
                    <param-value>true</param-value>
                 </init-param>
              </init-params>
         </serializer>
      </user-type>
You do not replace the param-values that are inside { } or change the param-type values as these are macros that Coherence will automatically replace with the correct values.
Regarding your error, I'm not sure if that is related to your original question/issue.
JK