Writable vs Externalizable

2005-08-08 Thread Stefan Groschupf
Hi, can someone please tell me what is the technical difference between org.apache.nutch.io.Writable and java.io.Externalizable? For me that looks very similar and Externalizable is available since jdk 1.1. What do I miss? Thanks for any hints. Stefan

Re: Writable vs Externalizable

2005-08-08 Thread Doug Cutting
Stefan Groschupf wrote: can someone please tell me what is the technical difference between org.apache.nutch.io.Writable and java.io.Externalizable? For me that looks very similar and Externalizable is available since jdk 1.1. What do I miss? You don't miss much! I avoided using Java's

Re: Writable vs Externalizable

2005-08-08 Thread Stefan Groschupf
What do others think? I think, RMI isn't a good idea. I waste a lot of time with it. I like the nutch rpc very much. However I think usage of Externalizable is a good idea, first it is a very small change. Second many users use nutch for very custom things and usage of Externalizable