The conclusion here is *not* to deprecate it. On Thursday, September 10, 2009, Nathan Wells <nwwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <nicolas.del...@gmail.com> 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 <g.georgovassi...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> >> >> > 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 <j...@google.com> wrote: >> > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:06 AM, nicolas de loof < >> > nicolas.del...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> > > > 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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