Sorry if this is off topic, but what are 'overlay types'  ?

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Paul Stockley <[email protected]>wrote:

> You could use JSON and javascript overlay types to access the
> information in a type safe way.
>
> On Jul 15, 10:55 am, Stefan Bachert <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Sekhar,
> >
> > this is my first thought. Just use JSON. Then you can use "eval" to
> > read it.
> > However, I do not know any method to export a object to json string.
> > But this should not be too complicated to do yourself, or lookout for
> > such a library
> >
> > Stefan Bacherthttp://gwtworld.de
> >
> > On 15 Jul., 01:34, Sekhar <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Thanks, yeah - sawhttp://goo.gl/fTloafterI posted. So, I guess
> > > we'll need to implement something of our own, like a simple to/from
> > > JSON strings. Any other thoughts/suggestions?
> >
> > > On Jul 14, 3:37 pm, Thomas Broyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > On 14 juil, 21:41, Sekhar <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Guys, I'm trying to use HTML5 Local Storage and am wondering how I
> can
> > > > > save the data from the server as a string. Since GWT-RPC already
> > > > > serializes/deserializes Java serializable objects, is there a way
> to
> > > > > access its serialization functions to marshal the data to/from the
> > > > > Local Storage strings?
> >
> > > > You can gain access to the GWT-RPC serialization code (provided your
> > > > objects are used in a GWT-RPC somewhere, so the GWT compiler
> generates
> > > > the appropriate serialization/deserialization code), but it won't be
> > > > of any help in your case, as GWT-RPC serialization is asymmetric (for
> > > > performance reasons).
>
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