Geir 2006/3/7, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I see it as an opportunity. :) > > We should ask Sun what to do.... they are the "go to" people for > compatibility questions, right?
Does it mean that you will ask Sun? :) Thanks, Mikhail. > > geir > > > George Harley wrote: > > Thanks Chris, your experience on this matter is very welcome. Even if it > > does make me feel a little depressed ;-) > > > > Best regards, > > George > > > > > > Chris Gray wrote: > >> Hi George, > >> > >> > >>> I wonder what lessons other class library development teams have learned > >>> in this area ? > >>> > >> > >> I guess that our experience from Wonka can be summed up as > >> "serialization is a PITA". Most of the time the problem can be solved, > >> you just never know where the next one will pop up. We advise our > >> cutomers against using serialization as a way to exchange data between > >> VMs - use XML, use Hessian, use anything except serialization. That > >> goes for RMI too. I guess it's easier for us to take this line in an > >> embedded environment than in the context of, say, J2EE. > >> > >> Good luck, > >> > >> Chris > >> > > > > >
