User Defined Types

[Rick Strong]

Can anyone comment on the current and likely future state of support for 
user defined types in Derby? My understanding is that it was pulled by 
IBM but could be enabled again with reasonable effort.

My group at Columbia University (we've since moved to NYU) was one of 
the first to use the original Cloudscape product in a system we use to 
support clinical research. We found the ability to store/retrieve/query 
Java instances very handy and made extensive use of it. I would be 
delighted to find that we would be able to retain use of this feature in 
Derby in the near future.

Thanks for any info,
Rick Strong