> I'm trying to be a purist here but it would be really nice to have a
> persistent object that could move around the network.
Sounds like a nice dream to me. Well, it actually sounds like a nightmare to
implement, but otherwise....
> Does Java have
> anything like this?
there is RMI, which allows for remote method invocation (logically....), and
you can serialize an object (to a string) then recreate it later (ie, put
the string into a DB and recreate it later), but that is NOT the object
code, its the properties - you still have to have the code there....
> Maybe Jade? Maybe just learn RPG and use the AS/400
> (no objects/no worries)?
I thought you were taking the pureist angle?!?! :)
> I spose I could create the empty object on the client and pass it to the
> server when I want it loaded or saved.
Doesn't solve the problem - you still need to move it at some stage.
> Any other manipulation is then local
> to the client. Better still, if the server could return some formated
data
> from a method and the client can fillin attributes of the instance.
I beleive thats called a struct in CORBA. Fire the structure accross, fill
it in on the client, fire it back.
> I think I'll end up with 5 tiers, 2 on the client and 2 on the server.
> Client tiers will be presentation, a pure object and a data-to-object
> translater. On the server I would have the opposite data-to-object
> translater and the database itself.
>
> Seems like a lot of work ?
That would be one way to put it..... :)
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