[id='hotrod_serializationcontextinitializer']
= Configuring SerializationContextInitializer Implementations
You can add implementations of the ProtoStream `SerializationContextInitializer` interface to Hot Rod client configurations.

.Procedure

* Configure `SerializationContextInitializer` as follows:

.`hotrod-client.properties`

[source,java]
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infinispan.client.hotrod.context-initializers=org.infinispan.example.LibraryInitializerImpl,org.infinispan.example.AnotherExampleSciImpl
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.Programmatic configuration

[source,java]
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include::code_examples/ClientProtoStreamMarshaller.java[]
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