Could someone please update the article at

http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/doc/1.6/FAQ_Server.html#Does_the_GWT_RPC_system_support_the_use_of_java.io.Serializable

to indicate that IsSerializable is deprecated (or de facto deprecated,
or will be deprecated, or whatever)? When I read this article it
seemed like GWT was encouraging the use of IsSerializable over
Serializable.

Is this something I should file a ticket on?

On Sep 10, 12:46 am, nicolas de loof <[email protected]> wrote:
> I understand the idea about some classes beeing GWT-serializable and not
> Java-serializable but really can't find a valid use case. Seems more a
> misconception to me - just my humble opinion ;)
>
> 2009/9/10 George Georgovassilis <[email protected]>
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> > I was under the impression that IsSerializable had been deprecated de
> > facto. John, does IsSerializable currently override the serialization
> > policy or this this a proposed behavior?
>
> > On Sep 9, 4:27 pm, John Tamplin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:06 AM, nicolas de loof <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
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> > > > I wonder that IsSerializable is still in trunk without a depreaction
> > > > annotation. java.io.Serializable is supported by GWT-RPC since few
> > major
> > > > versions, maybe it's time to remove such legacy marker interface.
>
> > > I don't know if this is sufficient reason to keep it, but two reasons:
>
> > >    - you might want a class to be serializable only in GWT and not in
> > normal
> > >    Java
> > >    - IsSerializable means that it is always serializable, even without a
> > >    serialization policy file on the server.  I think there are better
> > ways to
> > >    do this sort of thing, but some people may be depending on this
> > >    functionality
>
> > > Maybe it could also extends Serializable so that it can be easier to
> > switch
>
> > > > the related tools.
>
> > > Other than the first issue above, sounds like a good idea.
>
> > > --
> > > John A. Tamplin
> > > Software Engineer (GWT), Google
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