diff --git a/kernel/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializable.scala b/kernel/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializable.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f28c68a335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/src/main/scala/serialization/Serializable.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Scalable Solutions.
+ */
+
+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.serialization
+
+
+import com.twitter.commons.Json
+import java.io.{StringWriter, ByteArrayOutputStream, ObjectOutputStream}
+import reflect.Manifest
+import sbinary.DefaultProtocol
+
+object Serializable {
+  trait Protobuf {
+
+  }
+
+  trait SBinary[T] extends DefaultProtocol {
+    def toBytes: Array[Byte] = toByteArray(this)
+    def getManifest: Manifest[T] = Manifest.singleType(this.asInstanceOf[T])
+  }
+
+  trait JavaJSON {
+    private val mapper = new org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper
+
+    def toJSON: String = {
+      val out = new StringWriter
+      mapper.writeValue(out, obj)
+      out.close
+      out.toString
+    }
+
+    def toBytes: Array[Byte] = {
+      val bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream
+      val out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos)
+      mapper.writeValue(out, obj)
+      out.close
+      bos.toByteArray
+    }
+  }
+
+  trait ScalaJSON {
+    def toJSON: String = {
+      Json.build(obj).toString.getBytes("UTF-8")
+    }
+
+    def toBytes: Array[Byte] = {
+      Json.build(obj).toString.getBytes("UTF-8")
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel/src/main/scala/util/Serializer.scala b/kernel/src/main/scala/util/Serializer.scala
index b113e702d3..ce00bd9690 100644
--- a/kernel/src/main/scala/util/Serializer.scala
+++ b/kernel/src/main/scala/util/Serializer.scala
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel.util
 
 import java.io.{ObjectOutputStream, ByteArrayOutputStream, ObjectInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream}
+import reflect.Manifest
+import sbinary.DefaultProtocol
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper
+import com.twitter.commons.Json
 
-/** 
+/**
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
-trait Serializer {  
-  def deepClone[T <: AnyRef](obj: T): T = in(out(obj), Some(obj.getClass.asInstanceOf[Class[T]])).asInstanceOf[T]
-
+trait Serializer {
+  def deepClone[T <: AnyRef](obj: T): T
   def out(obj: AnyRef): Array[Byte]
-
   def in(bytes: Array[Byte], clazz: Option[Class[_]]): AnyRef
 }
 
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ trait Serializer {
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
 object JavaSerializationSerializer extends Serializer {
+  def deepClone[T <: AnyRef](obj: T): T = in(out(obj), None).asInstanceOf[T]
+
   def out(obj: AnyRef): Array[Byte] = {
     val bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream
     val out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos)
@@ -41,12 +45,11 @@ object JavaSerializationSerializer extends Serializer {
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
 object JavaJSONSerializer extends Serializer {
-  import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper
-
-  private val json = new ObjectMapper
+  private val json = new org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper
+  
+  def deepClone[T <: AnyRef](obj: T): T = in(out(obj), Some(obj.getClass)).asInstanceOf[T]
 
   def out(obj: AnyRef): Array[Byte] = {
-    if (!json.canSerialize(obj.getClass)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can not serialize [" + obj + "] to JSON, please provide a JSON serializable object.")
     val bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream
     val out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos)
     json.writeValue(out, obj)
@@ -67,24 +70,26 @@ object JavaJSONSerializer extends Serializer {
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
 object ScalaJSONSerializer extends Serializer {
-  import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper
-
-  private val json = new ObjectMapper
+  def deepClone[T <: AnyRef](obj: T): T = in(out(obj), None).asInstanceOf[T]
 
   def out(obj: AnyRef): Array[Byte] = {
-    if (!json.canSerialize(obj.getClass)) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can not serialize [" + obj + "] to JSON, please provide a JSON serializable object.")
-    val bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream
-    val out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos)
-    json.writeValue(out, obj)
-    out.close
-    bos.toByteArray
+    Json.build(obj).toString.getBytes("UTF-8")
   }
 
   def in(bytes: Array[Byte], clazz: Option[Class[_]]): AnyRef = {
-    if (!clazz.isDefined) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't deserialize JSON to instance if no class is provided")
-    val in = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes))
-    val obj = json.readValue(in, clazz.get).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
-    in.close
-    obj
+    Json.parse(new String(bytes, "UTF-8")).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
+ */
+object SBinarySerializer extends SBinarySerializer
+trait SBinarySerializer extends DefaultProtocol {
+  def in[T](t : T)(implicit bin : Writes[T], m: Manifest[T]): Pair[Array[Byte], Manifest[T]] =
+    Pair(toByteArray(t), m)
+
+  def out[T](array : Array[Byte], m: Manifest[T])(implicit bin : Reads[T]) =
+    read[T](new ByteArrayInputStream(array))
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/scala-json-1.0.jar b/lib/scala-json-1.0.jar
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index 0000000000..df0ec2eaa6
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