On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Daniel Bell <daniel.r.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a question for you about Overlay Types and the JSIO library. > I'm working on a GWT interface to the Google Maps JavaScript API, and > am wondering about the difference in performance between the two > approaches. > With JSIO I've been using wrapper objects that each contain an > instance of a JavaScriptObject being wrapped, and contain a reference > to a singleton instance of the flyweight wrapper. My guess is that the > performance would be better if I used Overlay Types instead, but I am > just guessing. Do you know (roughly) what the difference in > performance is between the two approaches? > First question - why aren't you using the official GWT APIs for Maps instead of writing your own? http://code.google.com/p/gwt-google-apis/ If there is something you need that isn't included, why not contribute to that rather than create your own from scratch? Overlay types are a bit more efficient and don't require a generator running which makes DevMode faster, but I don't think there is a lot of difference. -- John A. Tamplin Software Engineer (GWT), Google -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors
