Hi, I tend to fall back to pure JSON(P) more and more, but that comes with other problems (a big leak in our "beloved IE"with JSONP for example). The idea that GWT supports RPC with something similar but not quite the same as java serialisation somehow falls appart in many bigger projects.
Sometimes it is better to not be compatible and then it is clear that you need some kind of DTO layer. But it is a lot of extra work in big projects, even when generating these dtos, and I wonder what the performance and VM heap impact is of always creating these objects. David On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Jens <jens.nehlme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It would be nice, if somehow we could use an annotation or some external >> file to direct what implementation that is needed. >> We sometimes need to send over things for which we are not allowed to >> change the sources. > > > >> We sometimes need to send over things for which we are not allowed to >> change the sources. >> > > But then you introduce the risk of runtime serialization exceptions if > someone changes the server side code but doesn't update the annotations/the > file. > If you don't have control on the sources then you can always build DTOs in > cases where you want/need to optimize. I know they can be pain, but they > can also be really useful as they allow to build responses that optimally > fits your GWT client side needs. > You could also fallback to pure JSON with AutoBeans or pure JavaScript > Overlay Types if it makes sense. In AutoBean interfaces you can use List > without problem and with Overlay Types you would have JsArray on the client. > > -- J. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
