Hi, for long term serialization I would also look for an other mechanism than implementing Serializable. I would prefere an ASCII/JSON/XML kind of externalizable format. This would have the advantage of not being limited Java, but open for processing with other languages.
I did not see use cases in the first place, but there are some: GAP (group theory) has explicit tables of known groups which can be loaded and used for computations. Also many sample problems for computer algebra systems are available in such formats (e.g. http://www.symbolicdata.org/). Heinz Am Dienstag, 15. Mai 2012, 12:50:15 schrieb Axel: > Hi > > In my opinion for more advanced uses it makes sense to use tools like > Googles protocol-buffers for serialization: > http://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/javatutorial > > The main advantage is, that you can share data with applications > written in C++ or Python. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
