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Deserialization

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, deserialization means: Reading a stored or transmitted representation and reconstructing the data structures or values it describes.

In Turkish: serileştirilmiş veriyi çözme

How it is used

Used when consuming API responses, files and messages. Untrusted input requires validation, and unsafe object reconstruction can introduce security flaws.

Example sentences

  1. Deserialization rejects the message because its date field has the wrong type.

  2. Add a size limit before deserialization to handle oversized messages safely.

Common collocations

  • safe deserialization
  • deserialization error
  • JSON deserialization
  • serializationConverting structured data or an object's state into a representation that can be stored or transmitted and read back later.
  • JSONShort for JavaScript Object Notation: a simple text format for data, made of key-value pairs and lists, used by most web APIs.
  • payloadThe actual data carried by a request, response or message, as opposed to the headers and other information around it.

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