Barney I haven't tried it, but are you saying that CFMX7 does *not* allow for replication of session-scoped CFC instances? Or are you saying that it does? Thanks.
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:24:37 -0800, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That won't work. I belive it'll error on the methods that are in the > 'this' scope. You can do some looping and typechecking to get around > this, of course, but the real problem resides with nested objects, > because they have to be recursively serialized as well. > > In Java, your serializable object gets passed an output stream that it > writes to, usually just delegating to the Object class's > implementation. Then the serializer (the code doing the serialization > of the object) does whatever it wants with the data (save to file, > write to DB, pass over network, etc.). Deserialization works in > exactly the reverse fashion. > > The other problem you have to contend with is that to deserialize an > object, you need to have access to the class that backs it. I.e. be > able to instantiate an instance of the class. Since it's unlikely > that you'll have your application code somewhere else without also > having the database hanging around, it's usually easier to just > persist the object to the DB and then recreate it on the other side. > The main exception would be for session replication with CFC > instances, of course. > > cheers, > barneyb > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:196256 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

