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 Serialization (Scala)
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Akka has a built-in Extension for serialization,
and it is both possible to use the built-in serializers and to write your own.

The serialization mechanism is both used by Akka internally to serialize messages,
and available for ad-hoc serialization of whatever you might need it for.

Usage
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Configuration
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Programmatic
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Customization
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Creating new Serializers
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* `Serializers <https://github.com/jboner/akka/blob/master/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf#L180>`_