Do not try to serialize VM objects, these are read only canonical objects and should be referred to…

vm/symbols.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef VM_SYMBOLS_H_
 #define VM_SYMBOLS_H_
 
 #include "vm/object.h"
 
 namespace dart {
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 #define DEFINE_SYMBOL_INDEX(symbol, literal)                                   \
   k##symbol,
 PREDEFINED_SYMBOLS_LIST(DEFINE_SYMBOL_INDEX)
 #undef DEFINE_SYMBOL_INDEX
 
     kMaxPredefined,
   };
 
   // Access methods for symbols stored in the vm isolate.
 #define DEFINE_SYMBOL_ACCESSOR(symbol, literal)                                \
-  static RawString* symbol() { return Symbols::New(literal); }
+  static RawString* symbol() { return predefined_[k##symbol]; }
 PREDEFINED_SYMBOLS_LIST(DEFINE_SYMBOL_ACCESSOR)
 #undef DEFINE_SYMBOL_ACCESSOR
 
   // Initialize frequently used symbols in the vm isolate.
   static void InitOnce(Isolate* isolate);
 
   // Initialize and setup a symbol table for the isolate.
   static void SetupSymbolTable(Isolate* isolate);
 
   // Get number of symbols in an isolate's symbol table.
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   template<typename T>
   static intptr_t FindIndex(const Array& symbol_table,
                             const T* characters,
                             intptr_t len,
                             intptr_t hash);
   static intptr_t FindIndex(const Array& symbol_table,
                             const String& str,
                             intptr_t begin_index,
                             intptr_t len,
                             intptr_t hash);
+  static intptr_t LookupVMSymbol(RawObject* obj);
+  static RawObject* GetVMSymbol(intptr_t object_id);
+  static bool IsVMSymbolId(intptr_t object_id) {
+    return (object_id >= Object::kMaxId &&
+            object_id < (Object::kMaxId + kMaxPredefined));
+  }
 
   // List of symbols that are stored in the vm isolate for easy access.
   static RawString* predefined_[kMaxPredefined];
 
   friend class SnapshotReader;
+  friend class SnapshotWriter;
+  friend class ApiMessageReader;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Symbols);
 };
 
 }  // namespace dart
 
 #endif  // VM_SYMBOLS_H_