True enough - I was just getting around compile warnings with that one line of code. Trying to keep the compile clean and all :-).
Rgds, Bret > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Szmajda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:44 AM > To: JCS Users List > Subject: Re: Really stupid question - can I cache any random object? > > FYI I implement Serializable just by adding 'implements > java.io.Serializable'. I let java take care of the serialVersionUID, > etc. Works very well for me, and it's one less thing to keep track of > :) > > Bret Schuhmacher wrote: > > Niall, > > > > Thanks for the reply. I do appreciate your time. However, I did > find > > that the minute I implemented Serializable and added just a single > line > > of code to my object to complete the Serializable implementation: > > static final long serialVersionUID = 1; > > > > everything started working. Apparently the objects you cache, even > if > > you never plan to let the object leave your JVM, have to be > > Serializable. > > > > Thanks again for the reply! > > > > Rgds, > > > > Bret > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Niall Gallagher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:25 AM > >> To: JCS Users List > >> Subject: RE: Really stupid question - can I cache any random object? > >> > >> Hi Bret, > >> > >> *As far as I know* (-caveat!) your object doesn't need to be > >> serializable if you are just using the memory cache. So you can > cache > >> any random object. It needs to be serializable if it will ever leave > >> the JVM however - so if you have configured any kind of disk caching > >> for example, your object would need to be serializable so it can be > >> moved from the JVM out to disk. I think in the examples on the web > >> pages configure a disk cache. > >> > >> Try a minimal ccf file like this: > >> > >> jcs.default= > >> > >> > > > jcs.default.cacheattributes=org.apache.jcs.engine.CompositeCacheAttribu > > > >> tes > >> jcs.default.cacheattributes.MaxObjects=10000 > >> > >> > > > jcs.default.cacheattributes.MemoryCacheName=org.apache.jcs.engine.memor > > > >> y.lru.LRUMemoryCache > >> jcs.default.cacheattributes.UseMemoryShrinker=false > >> > jcs.default.elementattributes=org.apache.jcs.engine.ElementAttributes > >> jcs.default.elementattributes.IsEternal=false > >> jcs.default.elementattributes.IsLateral=false > >> jcs.default.elementattributes.IsRemote=false > >> jcs.default.elementattributes.IsSpool=false > >> > >> Regards, > >> Niall > >> > >> On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 23:29 -0500, Bret Schuhmacher wrote: > >> > >> > >>> No, just an object. I thought you could cache anything (the little > >>> docs I found just showed "Object"). But being serializable makes > >>> sense now that I think about it. Is this required for memory > >>> > >> caching, > >> > >>> too, though? I've got the most minimal memory cache set up > >>> > >> (cache.ccf > >> > >>> copied directly from the web pages). I'll change my objects and > see > >>> what happens. Thanks for the quick response!! :-) > >>> > >>> Rgds, > >>> > >>> > >>> Bret > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Michael Toback [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:17 AM > >>>> To: JCS Users List > >>>> Subject: RE: Really stupid question - can I cache any random > >>>> > >> object? > >> > >>>> Silly question about your stupid question. Is your object > >>>> > >>> serializable? > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Bret Schuhmacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:09 PM > >>>> To: jcs-users@jakarta.apache.org > >>>> Subject: Really stupid question - can I cache any random object? > >>>> > >>>> Can I cache *any* object? I get exceptions when I attempt to > >>>> > > cache > > > >>>> objects I've created, although I can cache simple objects like > >>>> > >>> Strings. > >>> > >>>> Unfortunately cache.put(String foo, myCustomObject bar) doesn't > >>>> > >> tell > >> > >>> me > >>> > >>>> much more than the name of the class I'm trying to cache (i.e. > >>>> "myCustomObject"). It doesn't tell me why it threw the exception, > >>>> it just prints a stacktrace. Like I said - it all works fine if I > >>>> do > >>>> this: > >>>> cache.put("foo", "bar"), but if I do cache.put("foo", new > >>>> myCustomObject()) it will fail. I've even cast myCustomObject > >>>> > > back > > > >>>> to Object, but it still doesn't like it. Any way to get more > >>>> verbose messages out of the JCS code instead of just ERROR level? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Bret > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> - > >> > >>>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> The information transmitted herewith is sensitive information > >>>> > >> of > >> > >>>> Chordiant Software or its customers and is intended only for use > >>>> > > to > > > >>> the > >>> > >>>> individual or entity to which it is addressed. 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