Improved serialization framework to support more storage environments other than jvm heap (offheap, disk etc).
continue serialization changes
added memory package
Refactored NodeInitializer to NodeExtension
updated spi and partitioning system to support high density caching
Completed refactorings/code changes due to serialization changes.
findbugs and checkstyle
Introduced ClientExtension.
Client fixes and improvements due to serialization changes
test fix
serialization service refactor
Improved portable header read.
Code improvements
Fixed packet size.
Merged with latest master
cleanup
Merged with latest master
Test compilation fix.
Catch and log finest post-join operation timeouts.
Use terminateAll during test tearDown to reduce time spent on tests.