System and method for managing an object cache

A caching server comprising:

• an object cache;
• a serialization cache;
• a request handler;
• and
• a deserialization module;
• wherein the request handler is configured to receive a remote method invocation request comprising one or more serialized objects from a client and pass the one or more serialized objects to the deserialization module;
• wherein the deserialization module is configured to:
• reference the serialization cache to determine if one or more of the serialized objects are stored by the serialization cache;
• for serialized objects that are stored by the serialization cache, retrieve an object corresponding to the serialized object from the object cache;
• for serialized objects that are not stored by the serialization cache:
• deserialize the serialized object;
• store the deserialized object in the object cache;
• store the serialized object in the serialization cache;
• determine if one or more immutable objects are provided inline with one or more primitive objects in a serialized byte stream;
• and
• where one or more immutable objects are provided inline with one or more primitive objects in the serialized byte stream:
• store a first form of the serialized byte stream in the serialization cache in which the one or more immutable objects are inline with the one or more primitive objects;
• and
• store a second form of the serialized byte stream in the serialization cache in which the one or more immutable objects are cached separately from the one or more primitive objects.

A method for deserializing a serialized object received into a caching server comprising:

• referencing a serialization cache of the caching server to determine if the serialized object is stored by the serialization cache;
• when the serialized object is not stored in the serialization cache:
• deserializing the object;
• storing the deserialized object in an object cache;
• storing the received serialized object in the serialization cache;
• determining if one or more immutable objects are provided inline with one or more primitive objects in a serialized byte stream;
• and
• where one or more immutable objects are provided inline with one or more primitive objects in the serialized byte stream:
• storing a first form of the serialized byte stream in the serialization cache in which the one or more immutable objects are inline with the one or more primitive objects;
• and
• storing a second form of the serialized byte stream in the serialization cache in which the one or more immutable objects are cached separately from the one or more primitive objects.