diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/BeanBinding.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/BeanBinding.kt
index 667f56bd283e..7d69dc246fba 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/BeanBinding.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/BeanBinding.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ private val structReaderBuilder by lazy {
 
 private const val ID_FIELD_NAME = "@id"
 
-internal class BeanBinding(beanClass: Class<*>) : BaseBeanBinding(beanClass), RootBinding {
-  private lateinit var bindings: Array<NestedBinding>
+internal class BeanBinding(beanClass: Class<*>) : BaseBeanBinding(beanClass), Binding {
+  private lateinit var bindings: Array<Binding>
   private lateinit var nameToBindingIndex: ObjectIntHashMap<String>
   private lateinit var properties: List<MutableAccessor>
 
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/Binding.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/Binding.kt
index 39c21b1092bd..46f4ae10e5eb 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/Binding.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/Binding.kt
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.serialization
 
+import com.amazon.ion.IonType
 import java.lang.reflect.Type
 
-interface Binding {
-}
+internal interface Binding {
+  fun serialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: WriteContext) {
+    write(hostObject, property, context) {
+      serialize(it, context)
+    }
+  }
 
-/**
- * Binding that can read and write data of object properties.
- *
- * Each NestedBinding also is a [RootBinding] not only because of ability to serialize any type as root (including primitives),
- * but because of support for non-default class constructors - for this case BeanBinding will use nested binding as root binding (read value without passing property).
- */
-interface NestedBinding : RootBinding {
-  fun deserialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: ReadContext)
+  fun deserialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: ReadContext) {
+    read(hostObject, property, context) {
+      deserialize(context)
+    }
+  }
 
-  fun serialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: WriteContext)
-}
-
-/**
- * Binding that can read and write data of root object.
- */
-interface RootBinding : Binding {
   fun createCacheKey(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type = aClass) = type
 
   fun init(originalType: Type, context: BindingInitializationContext) {
@@ -32,10 +27,35 @@ interface RootBinding : Binding {
   fun deserialize(context: ReadContext): Any
 }
 
-interface BindingInitializationContext {
+internal interface BindingInitializationContext {
   val propertyCollector: PropertyCollector
   val bindingProducer: BindingProducer
 
   val isResolveConstructorOnInit: Boolean
     get() = false
+}
+
+internal inline fun write(hostObject: Any, accessor: MutableAccessor, context: WriteContext, write: ValueWriter.(value: Any) -> Unit) {
+  val value = accessor.readUnsafe(hostObject)
+  if (context.filter.isSkipped(value)) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  val writer = context.writer
+  writer.setFieldName(accessor.name)
+  if (value == null) {
+    writer.writeNull()
+  }
+  else {
+    writer.write(value)
+  }
+}
+
+internal inline fun read(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: ReadContext, read: ValueReader.() -> Any) {
+  if (context.reader.type == IonType.NULL) {
+    property.set(hostObject, null)
+  }
+  else {
+    property.set(hostObject, context.reader.read())
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/BindingProducer.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/BindingProducer.kt
index b7b3c2e88c85..cc54353cbb99 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/BindingProducer.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/BindingProducer.kt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock
 import kotlin.concurrent.read
 import kotlin.concurrent.write
 
-abstract class BindingProducer : BindingInitializationContext {
-  private val cache: MutableMap<Type, RootBinding> = THashMap()
+internal abstract class BindingProducer : BindingInitializationContext {
+  private val cache: MutableMap<Type, Binding> = THashMap()
   private val cacheLock = ReentrantReadWriteLock()
 
   @get:TestOnly
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ abstract class BindingProducer : BindingInitializationContext {
 
   override val isResolveConstructorOnInit = SystemProperties.`is`("idea.serializer.resolve.ctor.on.init")
 
-  abstract fun getNestedBinding(accessor: MutableAccessor): NestedBinding
+  abstract fun getNestedBinding(accessor: MutableAccessor): Binding
 
-  fun getRootBinding(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type = aClass): RootBinding {
-    fun getByTypeOrByClass(): RootBinding? {
+  fun getRootBinding(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type = aClass): Binding {
+    fun getByTypeOrByClass(): Binding? {
       var result = cache.get(type)
       if (result == null && aClass !== type) {
         result = cache.get(aClass)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ abstract class BindingProducer : BindingInitializationContext {
     }
   }
 
-  protected abstract fun createRootBinding(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type): RootBinding
+  protected abstract fun createRootBinding(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type): Binding
 
   @Suppress("unused")
   fun clearBindingCache() {
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/CollectionBinding.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/CollectionBinding.kt
index 2e3228da74f7..1a0e14b6ad33 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/CollectionBinding.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/CollectionBinding.kt
@@ -10,16 +10,9 @@ import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType
 import java.lang.reflect.Type
 import java.util.function.Consumer
 
-// CollectionBinding implements NestedBinding directly because can mutate property value directly
-internal abstract class BaseCollectionBinding(itemType: Type, context: BindingInitializationContext) : RootBinding, NestedBinding {
+internal abstract class BaseCollectionBinding(itemType: Type, context: BindingInitializationContext) : Binding {
   private val itemBinding = createElementBindingByType(itemType, context)
 
-  final override fun serialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: WriteContext) {
-    write(hostObject, property, context) {
-      serialize(it, context)
-    }
-  }
-
   protected fun createItemConsumer(context: WriteContext): Consumer<Any?> {
     val writer = context.writer
     return Consumer {
@@ -120,12 +113,6 @@ internal class ArrayBinding(private val itemClass: Class<*>, context: BindingIni
     writer.stepOut()
   }
 
-  override fun deserialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: ReadContext) {
-    read(hostObject, property, context) {
-      readArray(context)
-    }
-  }
-
   private fun readArray(context: ReadContext): Array<out Any> {
     val list = ArrayList<Any?>()
     readInto(list, context)
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/InterfacePropertyBinding.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/InterfacePropertyBinding.kt
index 20d2ed4ec1b1..b9aa280a401d 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/InterfacePropertyBinding.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/InterfacePropertyBinding.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 package com.intellij.serialization
 
 @Suppress("ArrayInDataClass")
-internal data class InterfacePropertyBinding(private val allowedTypes: Array<Class<*>>) : NestedBinding {
+internal data class InterfacePropertyBinding(private val allowedTypes: Array<Class<*>>) : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) = throw IllegalStateException("InterfacePropertyBinding cannot be used as root binding")
 
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext) = throw IllegalStateException("InterfacePropertyBinding cannot be used as root binding")
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/IonBindingProducer.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/IonBindingProducer.kt
index 34d926ab14ff..16fe06db1f90 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/IonBindingProducer.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/IonBindingProducer.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.serialization
 
-import com.amazon.ion.IonType
 import com.amazon.ion.Timestamp
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil
 import gnu.trove.THashMap
@@ -14,8 +13,8 @@ import java.nio.file.FileSystems
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.*
 
-internal typealias NestedBindingFactory = (accessor: MutableAccessor) -> NestedBinding
-internal typealias RootBindingFactory = () -> RootBinding
+internal typealias NestedBindingFactory = (accessor: MutableAccessor) -> Binding
+internal typealias RootBindingFactory = () -> Binding
 
 internal class IonBindingProducer(override val propertyCollector: PropertyCollector) : BindingProducer() {
   companion object {
@@ -37,13 +36,13 @@ internal class IonBindingProducer(override val propertyCollector: PropertyCollec
       registerPrimitiveBindings(classToRootBindingFactory, classToNestedBindingFactory)
 
       classToRootBindingFactory.forEachEntry { key, factory ->
-        classToNestedBindingFactory.put(key) { PropertyBinding(factory()) }
+        classToNestedBindingFactory.put(key) { factory() }
         true
       }
     }
   }
 
-  override fun createRootBinding(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type): RootBinding {
+  override fun createRootBinding(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type): Binding {
     val customFactory = classToRootBindingFactory.get(aClass)
     if (customFactory != null) {
       return customFactory.invoke()
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ internal class IonBindingProducer(override val propertyCollector: PropertyCollec
       aClass.isInterface || Modifier.isAbstract(aClass.modifiers) -> {
         PolymorphicBinding(aClass)
       }
+      java.lang.Number::class.java.isAssignableFrom(aClass) -> NumberAsObjectBinding()
       aClass is Proxy -> {
         throw SerializationException("$aClass class is not supported")
       }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ internal class IonBindingProducer(override val propertyCollector: PropertyCollec
   }
 
   // note about field name - Ion binary writer interns string automatically, no need to intern (text writer doesn't support symbol tables)
-  override fun getNestedBinding(accessor: MutableAccessor): NestedBinding {
+  override fun getNestedBinding(accessor: MutableAccessor): Binding {
     val type = accessor.genericType
     val aClass = ClassUtil.typeToClass(type)
 
@@ -92,13 +92,11 @@ internal class IonBindingProducer(override val propertyCollector: PropertyCollec
     }
 
     return when {
-      aClass.isArray -> ArrayBinding(aClass.componentType, this)
-      java.lang.Number::class.java.isAssignableFrom(aClass) -> PropertyBinding(NumberAsObjectBinding())
       aClass.isInterface || Modifier.isAbstract(aClass.modifiers) -> {
         val annotation = accessor.getAnnotation(Property::class.java)
         if (annotation == null) {
           // todo respect configuration
-          return PropertyBinding(getRootBinding(aClass, type))
+          return getRootBinding(aClass, type)
           // throw SerializationException("Allowed types are not specified", linkedMapOf("accessor" to accessor))
         }
 
@@ -110,17 +108,13 @@ internal class IonBindingProducer(override val propertyCollector: PropertyCollec
         InterfacePropertyBinding(allowedTypes)
       }
       else -> {
-        val binding = getRootBinding(aClass, type)
-        when (binding) {
-          is NestedBinding -> binding
-          else -> PropertyBinding(binding)
-        }
+        getRootBinding(aClass, type)
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
-private class FileBinding : RootBinding {
+private class FileBinding : Binding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext): Any {
     return File(context.reader.stringValue())
   }
@@ -130,7 +124,7 @@ private class FileBinding : RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-private class PathBinding : RootBinding {
+private class PathBinding : Binding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext): Any {
     return FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(context.reader.stringValue())
   }
@@ -140,7 +134,7 @@ private class PathBinding : RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-private class EnumBinding(private val valueClass: Class<out Enum<*>>) : RootBinding {
+private class EnumBinding(private val valueClass: Class<out Enum<*>>) : Binding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext): Any {
     val enumConstants = valueClass.enumConstants
     val value = context.reader.stringValue()
@@ -154,7 +148,7 @@ private class EnumBinding(private val valueClass: Class<out Enum<*>>) : RootBind
   }
 }
 
-private class DateBinding : RootBinding {
+private class DateBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeTimestamp(Timestamp.forDateZ(obj as Date))
   }
@@ -164,33 +158,7 @@ private class DateBinding : RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-internal inline fun write(hostObject: Any, accessor: MutableAccessor, context: WriteContext, write: ValueWriter.(value: Any) -> Unit) {
-  val value = accessor.readUnsafe(hostObject)
-  if (context.filter.isSkipped(value)) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  val writer = context.writer
-  writer.setFieldName(accessor.name)
-  if (value == null) {
-    writer.writeNull()
-  }
-  else {
-    writer.write(value)
-  }
-}
-
-internal inline fun read(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: ReadContext, read: ValueReader.() -> Any) {
-  val type = context.reader.type
-  if (type == IonType.NULL) {
-    property.set(hostObject, null)
-  }
-  else {
-    property.set(hostObject, context.reader.read())
-  }
-}
-
-private class ByteArrayBinding : RootBinding {
+private class ByteArrayBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeBlob(obj as ByteArray)
   }
@@ -200,6 +168,6 @@ private class ByteArrayBinding : RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-internal fun createElementBindingByType(type: Type, context: BindingInitializationContext): RootBinding {
+internal fun createElementBindingByType(type: Type, context: BindingInitializationContext): Binding {
   return context.bindingProducer.getRootBinding(ClassUtil.typeToClass(type), type)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/MapBinding.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/MapBinding.kt
index 81217d053ce9..e6cecbabf165 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/MapBinding.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/MapBinding.kt
@@ -7,18 +7,12 @@ import gnu.trove.THashMap
 import java.lang.reflect.Type
 import java.util.*
 
-internal class MapBinding(keyType: Type, valueType: Type, context: BindingInitializationContext) : RootBinding, NestedBinding {
+internal class MapBinding(keyType: Type, valueType: Type, context: BindingInitializationContext) : Binding {
   private val keyBinding = createElementBindingByType(keyType, context)
   private val valueBinding = createElementBindingByType(valueType, context)
 
   private val isKeyComparable = Comparable::class.java.isAssignableFrom(ClassUtil.typeToClass(keyType))
 
-  override fun serialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: WriteContext) {
-    write(hostObject, property, context) {
-      serialize(it, context)
-    }
-  }
-
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     val writer = context.writer
     val map = obj as Map<*, *>
@@ -103,7 +97,7 @@ internal class MapBinding(keyType: Type, valueType: Type, context: BindingInitia
     reader.stepOut()
   }
 
-  private fun read(type: IonType, binding: RootBinding, context: ReadContext): Any? {
+  private fun read(type: IonType, binding: Binding, context: ReadContext): Any? {
     return when (type) {
       IonType.NULL -> null
       else -> binding.deserialize(context)
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/PolymorphicBinding.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/PolymorphicBinding.kt
index be341fb9b830..da95ba128a2f 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/PolymorphicBinding.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/PolymorphicBinding.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.serialization
 
-internal class PolymorphicBinding(private val superClass: Class<*>) : RootBinding {
+internal class PolymorphicBinding(private val superClass: Class<*>) : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     val valueClass = obj.javaClass
     val writer = context.writer
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/PropertyBinding.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/PropertyBinding.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index c71127991354..000000000000
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/PropertyBinding.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-package com.intellij.serialization
-
-internal data class PropertyBinding(private val binding: RootBinding) : NestedBinding {
-  override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
-    binding.serialize(obj, context)
-  }
-
-  override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext) = binding.deserialize(context)
-
-  override fun serialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: WriteContext) {
-    write(hostObject, property, context) {
-      binding.serialize(it, context)
-    }
-  }
-
-  override fun deserialize(hostObject: Any, property: MutableAccessor, context: ReadContext) {
-    read(hostObject, property, context) {
-      binding.deserialize(context)
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/context.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/context.kt
index 717ecd46c8e7..9d2da9277c65 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/context.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/context.kt
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ data class WriteConfiguration(val binary: Boolean = true,
                               val orderMapEntriesByKeys: Boolean = false,
                               val allowAnySubTypes: Boolean = false)
 
-data class WriteContext(val writer: ValueWriter,
-                        val filter: SerializationFilter,
-                        val objectIdWriter: ObjectIdWriter?,
-                        val configuration: WriteConfiguration,
-                        val bindingProducer: BindingProducer)
+internal data class WriteContext(val writer: ValueWriter,
+                                 val filter: SerializationFilter,
+                                 val objectIdWriter: ObjectIdWriter?,
+                                 val configuration: WriteConfiguration,
+                                 val bindingProducer: BindingProducer)
 
-interface ReadContext {
+internal interface ReadContext {
   val reader: ValueReader
   val objectIdReader: ObjectIdReader
   val bindingProducer: BindingProducer
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/src/primitiveBindings.kt b/platform/object-serializer/src/primitiveBindings.kt
index 7391c2dc854b..4bc7cb844286 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/src/primitiveBindings.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/src/primitiveBindings.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.serialization
 
-private fun resolved(binding: NestedBinding): NestedBindingFactory = { binding }
+import java.lang.reflect.Type
+
+private fun resolved(binding: Binding): NestedBindingFactory = { binding }
 
 internal fun registerPrimitiveBindings(classToRootBindingFactory: MutableMap<Class<*>, RootBindingFactory>, classToNestedBindingFactory: MutableMap<Class<*>, NestedBindingFactory>) {
   classToRootBindingFactory.put(java.lang.String::class.java) { StringBinding() }
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ internal fun registerPrimitiveBindings(classToRootBindingFactory: MutableMap<Cla
   classToNestedBindingFactory.put(java.lang.Byte::class.java, byte)
 }
 
-private class FloatAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
+private class FloatAsObjectBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeFloat((obj as Float).toDouble())
   }
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ private class FloatAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext) = context.reader.doubleValue().toFloat()
 }
 
-private class DoubleAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
+private class DoubleAsObjectBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeFloat(obj as Double)
   }
@@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ private class DoubleAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext) = context.reader.doubleValue()
 }
 
-internal class NumberAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
+internal class NumberAsObjectBinding : Binding {
+  override fun createCacheKey(aClass: Class<*>, type: Type) = aClass
+
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeInt((obj as Number).toLong())
   }
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ internal class NumberAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext) = context.reader.intValue()
 }
 
-private class BooleanAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
+private class BooleanAsObjectBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeBool(obj as Boolean)
   }
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ private class BooleanAsObjectBinding : RootBinding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext) = context.reader.booleanValue()
 }
 
-private class BooleanBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
+private class BooleanBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeBool(obj as Boolean)
   }
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ private class BooleanBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-private open class IntBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
+private open class IntBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeInt(obj as Long)
   }
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ private class ShortBinding : IntBinding() {
   }
 }
 
-private class LongBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
+private class LongBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeInt(obj as Long)
   }
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ private class LongBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-private class FloatBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
+private class FloatBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeFloat(obj as Double)
   }
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ private class FloatBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-private class DoubleBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
+private class DoubleBinding : Binding {
   override fun serialize(obj: Any, context: WriteContext) {
     context.writer.writeFloat(obj as Double)
   }
@@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ private class DoubleBinding : NestedBinding, RootBinding {
   }
 }
 
-private class StringBinding : RootBinding {
+private class StringBinding : Binding {
   override fun deserialize(context: ReadContext): Any {
     return context.reader.stringValue()
   }
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/testInternalSrc/InternalExposer.kt b/platform/object-serializer/testInternalSrc/InternalExposer.kt
index 91ce23d841bb..ee38cc11952d 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/testInternalSrc/InternalExposer.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/testInternalSrc/InternalExposer.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.serialization
 
-fun getBindingProducer(serializer: ObjectSerializer): BindingProducer = serializer.serializer.bindingProducer
+fun getBinding(aClass: Class<*>, serializer: ObjectSerializer): Any = serializer.serializer.bindingProducer.getRootBinding(aClass)
 
-fun getBindingCount(producer: BindingProducer) = producer.bindingCount
\ No newline at end of file
+fun getBindingProducer(serializer: ObjectSerializer): Any = serializer.serializer.bindingProducer
+
+fun getBindingCount(producer: Any) = (producer as BindingProducer).bindingCount
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/object-serializer/testSrc/ObjectSerializerTest.kt b/platform/object-serializer/testSrc/ObjectSerializerTest.kt
index 11cd0a786094..5a817f2d9991 100644
--- a/platform/object-serializer/testSrc/ObjectSerializerTest.kt
+++ b/platform/object-serializer/testSrc/ObjectSerializerTest.kt
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class ObjectSerializerTest {
 
   @Test
   fun `same bean binding regardless of type parameters`() {
-    val bindingProducer = getBindingProducer(ObjectSerializer())
-    bindingProducer.getRootBinding(TestGenericBean::class.java)
-    assertThat(getBindingCount(bindingProducer)).isEqualTo(1)
+    val serializer = ObjectSerializer()
+    getBinding(TestGenericBean::class.java, serializer)
+    assertThat(getBindingCount(getBindingProducer(serializer))).isEqualTo(1)
   }
 
   @Test