Missing PofSerializer configuration

Question

Any ideas what I may have missed when converting to pof?
2011-07-18 18:23:23.006/12.178 Oracle Coherence GE 3.7.0.2 <Error> (thread=main, member=1): Error while starting service "DistributedQuotesCacheService": (Wrapped) (Wrapped: error creating class "com.tangosol.io.pof.ConfigurablePofContext") java.lang.IllegalStateException: Missing PofSerializer configuration (Config=z:\coherence\pof-config.xml, Type-Id=10000, Class-Name=dj_quotes.DJQuote)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.Daemon.start(Daemon.CDB:52)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.Service.start(Service.CDB:7)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.service.Grid.start(Grid.CDB:6)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.SafeService.startService(SafeService.CDB:39)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.safeService.SafeCacheService.startService(SafeCacheService.CDB:5)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.SafeService.ensureRunningService(SafeService.CDB:27)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.SafeService.start(SafeService.CDB:14)
        at com.tangosol.net.DefaultConfigurableCacheFactory.ensureServiceInternal(DefaultConfigurableCacheFactory.java:1102)
        at com.tangosol.net.DefaultConfigurableCacheFactory.ensureService(DefaultConfigurableCacheFactory.java:934)
        at com.tangosol.net.DefaultCacheServer.startServices(DefaultCacheServer.java:81)
        at com.tangosol.net.DefaultCacheServer.intialStartServices(DefaultCacheServer.java:250)
        at com.tangosol.net.DefaultCacheServer.startAndMonitor(DefaultCacheServer.java:55)
        at com.tangosol.net.DefaultCacheServer.main(DefaultCacheServer.java:197)
Caused by: (Wrapped: error creating class "com.tangosol.io.pof.ConfigurablePofContext") java.lang.IllegalStateException: Missing PofSerializer configuration (Config=z:\coherence\pof-config.xml, Type-Id=10000, Class-Name=dj_quotes.DJQuote)
        at com.tangosol.io.ConfigurableSerializerFactory.createSerializer(ConfigurableSerializerFactory.java:46)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.Service.instantiateSerializer(Service.CDB:1)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.Service.ensureSerializer(Service.CDB:32)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.Service.ensureSerializer(Service.CDB:4)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.service.Grid.onEnter(Grid.CDB:26)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.daemon.queueProcessor.service.grid.PartitionedService.onEnter(PartitionedService.CDB:19)
        at com.tangosol.coherence.component.util.Daemon.run(Daemon.CDB:14)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Missing PofSerializer configuration (Config=z:\coherence\pof-config.xml, Type-Id=10000, Class-Name=dj_quotes.DJQuote)
        at com.tangosol.io.pof.ConfigurablePofContext.report(ConfigurablePofContext.java:1254)
        at com.tangosol.io.pof.ConfigurablePofContext.createPofConfig(ConfigurablePofContext.java:989)
        at com.tangosol.io.pof.ConfigurablePofContext.initialize(ConfigurablePofContext.java:775)
        at com.tangosol.io.pof.ConfigurablePofContext.setContextClassLoader(ConfigurablePofContext.java:319)
        at com.tangosol.io.ConfigurableSerializerFactory.createSerializer(ConfigurableSerializerFactory.java:42)
        ... 7 moreThanks,
Andrew

Answer 1

<!DOCTYPE pof-config SYSTEM "pof-config.dtd">
<pof-config>
  <user-type-list>
    <include>coherence-pof-config.xml</include>
    <user-type>
      <type-id>10000</type-id>
      <class-name>dj_quotes.DJQuote</class-name>
    </user-type>
  </user-type-list>
</pof-config>
package dj_quotes;
import com.tangosol.io.pof.PofReader;
import com.tangosol.io.pof.PofWriter;
import com.tangosol.io.pof.PortableObject;
import java.io.IOException;
public class DJQuote implements PortableObject {
    public char type;
    public String symbol;
    public char exch; // bidSource for NBBO
    public float bid   = 0;
    public float ask   = 0;
    public int bidSize = 0;
    public int askSize = 0;
    public int hour    = 0;
    public int minute  = 0;
    public int second  = 0;
    public float last  = 0;
    public long volume = 0;
    public char fastMarket; //askSource for NBBO
    public long sequence = 0;
    public int lastTradeSize = 0;
    @Override
    public void readExternal(PofReader reader) throws IOException {
        type = reader.readChar(0);
        symbol = reader.readString(1);
        exch = reader.readChar(2);
        bid = reader.readFloat(3);
        ask = reader.readFloat(4);
        bidSize = reader.readInt(5);
        askSize = reader.readInt(6);
        hour = reader.readInt(7);
        minute = reader.readInt(8);
        second = reader.readInt(9);
        last = reader.readFloat(10);
        volume = reader.readLong(11);
        fastMarket = reader.readChar(12); //askSource for NBBO
        sequence = reader.readLong(13);
        lastTradeSize = reader.readInt(14);
    @Override
    public void writeExternal(PofWriter writer) throws IOException {
        writer.writeChar(0,type);
        writer.writeString(1,symbol);
        writer.writeChar(2,exch);
        writer.writeFloat(3,bid);
        writer.writeFloat(4,ask);
        writer.writeInt(5,bidSize);
        writer.writeInt(6,askSize);
        writer.writeInt(7,hour);
        writer.writeInt(8,minute);
        writer.writeInt(9,second);
        writer.writeFloat(10,last);
        writer.writeLong(11,volume);
        writer.writeChar(12,fastMarket);
        writer.writeLong(13,sequence);
        writer.writeInt(14,lastTradeSize);
    public String toString() {
        return "type='" + type + "'\tsymbol='" + symbol + "'\texch='" + exch + "'\tbid=" +
                bid + "\task=" + ask +
                "\tsize=" + bidSize + "x" + askSize + "\tlast=" + lastTradeSize + " @ " + last +
                "\tvolume=" + volume + "\t" +
                hour + ":" + (minute<10?"0":"") + minute + ":" + (second<10?"0":"") + second + "\tsequence=" + sequence;
    public boolean equals(Object object) {
        if (this == object) {
            return true;
        if ( !(object instanceof DJQuote) ) {
            return false;
        final DJQuote other = (DJQuote)object;
        if (!(symbol == null ? other.symbol == null : symbol.equals(other.symbol))) {
            return false;
        if (exch != other.exch) {
            return false;
        return true;
    public int hashCode() {
        final int PRIME = 37;
        int result = 1;
        result = PRIME * result + ((symbol == null) ? 0 : symbol.hashCode());
        result = PRIME * result + (int)exch;
        return result;
    public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
        DJQuote q = new DJQuote();
        q.type=this.type;
        q.symbol=this.symbol;
        q.exch=this.exch;
        q.bid=this.bid;
        q.ask = this.ask;
        q.bidSize = this.bidSize;
        q.askSize = this.askSize;
        q.hour = this.hour;
        q.minute = this.minute;
        q.second = this.second;
        q.last = this.last;
        q.volume = this.volume;
        q.fastMarket = this.fastMarket;
        q.sequence = this.sequence;
        q.lastTradeSize = this.lastTradeSize;
        return q;
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cache-config SYSTEM "cache-config.dtd">
<cache-config>
     <!-- ***********  SCHEME MAPPINGS  ***********  -->
     <caching-scheme-mapping>
          <cache-mapping>
               <cache-name>quotes.*</cache-name>
               <scheme-name>quotes-scheme</scheme-name>
          </cache-mapping>   
     </caching-scheme-mapping>
     <!-- ******************************** -->
     <caching-schemes>
          <distributed-scheme>
               <scheme-name>quotes-scheme</scheme-name>
               <service-name>DistributedQuotesCacheService</service-name>
               <serializer>
                    <class-name>com.tangosol.io.pof.ConfigurablePofContext</class-name>
                     <init-params>
                                 <init-param>
                                 <param-type>string</param-type>
                                 <param-value system-property="pof.config">z:\coherence\pof-config.xml</param-value>
                                 </init-param>
                                 </init-params>
               </serializer>
               <backing-map-scheme>
                    <local-scheme/>
               </backing-map-scheme>
               <autostart>true</autostart>
          </distributed-scheme>
</caching-schemes>
</cache-config>Thanks...
Andrew