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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have subclasses of OrderedCollection in my domain
model. These subclasses have instance variables.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In OmniBase, OrderedCollection has a custom
serialization-deserialization strategy and has its own class identifier
byte. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This strategy ignores the instance variables of my
OrderedCollection subclasses. Should I add a class identifier for my
subclasses and create my own serialization strategy for them? If so, can I
pick any arbitrary class identifier byte that's not taken by another class (I
actually get errors when I try to do that...).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Am I violating smalltalk style by giving my
collections instance variables?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you in advance.</FONT></DIV>
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