Prior to JDK 1.3, the serialization of a string exceeding 64k would
result in a java.io.UTFDataFormatException being thrown. If you're
using a 1.2 version (or earlier) JVM, then you should see this exception
being raised somewhere rather than getting an empty string.
Mike
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Mike Clark
Clarkware Consulting
Enterprise Java Architecture, Design, Development
http://www.clarkware.com
Greg Matthews wrote:
> dear all,
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> we're got a strange problem whereby a large (141K) String return value
> from a stateless session bean is turning up at the client as an empty
> string.
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> this happens whether we call the ejb method from a jsp or a java client
> external to orion.
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> it has also happened in other ejb methods during testing where a
> master-detail type record suddenly stopped being retrievable when the
> total size of all data in xml format as a String exceeded a certain size.
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> is there an upper limit on the size of variables that can be serialised?
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> does anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening?
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> thanks,
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> greg
