Recursive serialization of a hierarchy of data objects

A method for dynamic reduction of stack-overflow errors in a recursive data-serialization procedure, the method comprising:

• launching the recursive data-serialization procedure to serialize each object of a hierarchy of serializable data objects, where the recursive data-serialization procedure temporarily stores a state of a partially serialized object as a frame of a stack data structure;
• determining that a threshold condition has been satisfied,
• where the threshold condition is selected,
• where the satisfaction of the threshold condition indicates an unacceptable likelihood that the recursive data-serialization procedure will generate a stack-overflow error;
• and
• performing a corrective action in response to the determining,
• where the corrective action is capable of preventing the stack-overflow error, and
• where the corrective action comprises:
• pausing the recursive data-serialization procedure;
• deleting data from the stack data structure by popping frames of the stack data structure;
• storing the popped frames in a variable-size queue-like data structure;
• and
• resuming, by the recursive data-serialization procedure, serialization of the hierarchy of serializable data objects.

A computer program product, comprising a computer-readable hardware storage device having a computer-readable program code stored therein, the program code configured to be executed by a data-serialization system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable hardware storage device coupled to the processor, the storage device containing program code configured to be run by the processor via the memory to implement a method for dynamic reduction of stack-overflow errors in a recursive data-serialization procedure, the method comprising:

• launching the recursive data-serialization procedure to serialize each object of a hierarchy of serializable data objects, where the recursive data-serialization procedure temporarily stores a state of a partially serialized object as a frame of a stack data structure;
• determining that a threshold condition has been satisfied,
• where the threshold condition is selected,
• where the satisfaction of the threshold condition indicates an unacceptable likelihood that the recursive data-serialization procedure will generate a stack-overflow error;
• and
• performing a corrective action in response to the determining,
• where the corrective action is capable of preventing the stack-overflow error, and
• where the corrective action comprises:
• pausing the recursive data-serialization procedure;
• deleting data from the stack data structure by popping frames of the stack data structure;
• storing the popped frames in a variable-size queue-like data structure;
• and
• resuming, by the recursive data-serialization procedure, serialization of the hierarchy of serializable data objects.