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Blaine, I forwarded your message to the e-lang list. I am cross
posting <br>
this reply to both lists.<br><br>
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At 04:19 PM 4/30/2002 Tuesday, Blaine Buxton wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>I am
currently working on reading in Java Serialized Files as we speak into
<br>
Squeak. Right now, I have simple serialized java objects working (in
other <br>
words, they don't override the serialization interface (custom
serialization) nor implements <br>
externalizable), but I should have that working soon.
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That's great! CapTP currently uses Java serialization. I
don't like that <br>
for all the reasons you mention, and wish to eventually switch to an
<br>
alternative, as we've been discussing. However, it sounds like your
work <br>
would enable Rob's Squeak-E efforts to interoperate with the current E
<br>
before we figure out the right serialization answer. That'd be
great for a <br>
number of reasons, but especially because we'd then be trying to find the
<br>
right answer after some experience running cross platform. Do you
also <br>
expect to be able to write Java serialization streams? That would
be <br>
necessary of course.<br><br>
Rob, does this sound like it could work for you?<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Right
now, it's a weekend project for fun. But, if anyone is interested in
<br>
seeing the Java serialization code...I would be more than happy to send
it. <br>
Warning: It's in a state of flux...no tests and no comments yet. But, I
plan <br>
to rectify that situation soon...=) </font></blockquote><br>
I would, but only if you first give it an OSD sanctioned
Mozilla-compatible <br>
open source license. (Our preference is the MIT X License.)
Please don't <br>
public domain it, as we are currently confused about the liability <br>
implications, and have received conflicting advice from lawyers.
(Our <br>
mistake -- we asked more than one.)<br><br>
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Text by me above is hereby placed in the public domain<br><br>
Cheers,<br>
--MarkM<br>
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