I forgot: well done :)
I hope you guys get the stuff checked in before the easter weekend.
There will be much code waiting to be read :)
Michael
On Thu, April 9, 2009 12:08, Rickard Öberg wrote:
> Hey,
>
>
> For value serialization I've implemented Michaels suggestion to use
> JSON, and have also opted to use plain names instead of hashes for now.
> So, instead of:
>
>
> Rickard Öberg wrote:
>
>> <pcqEnW7hSlF-uZQFaAwnglkPfxe4/>
>> <pHC1fHU6i-WoHt6SwiIITETg4OeU><list></list></pHC1fHU6i-WoHt6SwiIITETg4Oe
>> U>
>> <pyl71lJnuDnp_NiusytLDMQfgR9U></pyl71lJnuDnp_NiusytLDMQfgR9U>
>> <p9DDT42ejJG4hdAYky7gt-StQofE></p9DDT42ejJG4hdAYky7gt-StQofE>
>> <p4UsCraqBNWR7E3nAM6eRE7YukRI><list>
>> <item>
>> <pK1aNaBM9vbnHpQ8fhkA_Vmb9v8M></pK1aNaBM9vbnHpQ8fhkA_Vmb9v8M>
>> </item>
>> </list>
>> </p4UsCraqBNWR7E3nAM6eRE7YukRI>
>> <pNNLfKkDxQt2WNCYyW7U5EULzRig>42</pNNLfKkDxQt2WNCYyW7U5EULzRig>
>>
>
> it will look something like this:
> {another:{val1:"Foo"},anotherList:[{val1:""}],number:42,other:"",some:"",
> xyzzyList:[]}
>
>
> which is certainly prettier to look at, and quite compact too. So,
> essentially the methods to use this are: void
> EntityState.setProperty(statename, json);
> String getProperty(statename);
>
>
> So the only thing the entitystore has to be able to handle is JSON
> strings. Serializable objects are serialized, BASE64'ed, and then turned
> into JSON strings, so even that works.
>
> To encode/decode JSON I have added methods for it directly in ValueType,
> so it can be done easily from anywhere. Mostly it will simply be done
> internally in EntityPropertyInstance get/set though.
>
> Serialization is implemented using StringBuilder and parsing is done
> with a custom version of StringTokenizer (the original in the JDK doesn't
> have token peeking, which is essential for list parsing).
>
> /Rickard
>
>
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