JSX FAQ - 14 November 2001 ======= JSX instantly XML-enables applications, by re-implementing the Serialization API for XML. FAQ Contents: (1). Background (2)....
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 8, 2003 9:22 am
JSX 2.1 (Monday 8 September 2003) JSX is now running on a 30 day evaluation period, and will stop working after that time. Contact us if you need longer. This...
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noreply@...
Sep 8, 2003 9:49 am
This email is to inform you about the release of version '2.1' of 'Java Serialization to XML 2' through freshmeat.net. All URLs and other useful information...
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Gary Rueda Sandoval
gary_rueda_sandoval@...
Sep 8, 2003 2:54 pm
Hallo Brendan! What is new in JSX 2.1? Is there an ofuscated version? Thank you Gary ######################################## Gary Rueda Sandoval P.O....
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 8, 2003 4:49 pm
... 2.1 is a switch to the different evaluation licensing... it's a logical numbering change for such a fundamental change. I'll be finishing off some rough...
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Damien Evans
damien_m_evans
Sep 8, 2003 5:51 pm
Here's a question (I'm too busy/lazy to write the code to figure it out for myself right now) for the JSX gurus out there... Java application A is compiled and...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 9, 2003 12:52 am
Hi Daniem, ... The short answer: yes, it's possible; and the Java core classes even have special code to cope with exactly this problem. JSX2 is written is...
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Damien Evans
damien_m_evans
Sep 9, 2003 4:09 am
So basically, if the serialVersionUID (or whatever it's called) is the same, there are no compatibility issues? -- D ... __________________________________ Do...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 9, 2003 5:53 am
... Actually, JSX does not even require serialVersionUID. It just works. But I don't think you appreciate just how serious incompatibilities can be between...
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Damien Evans
damien_m_evans
Sep 9, 2003 1:42 pm
Ok. This addresses compatibility between versions of a class. I'm aware of that, but maybe was not clear in my original post... Consider this: I have a...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 9, 2003 1:57 pm
OK, thanks for clarifying. This is no problem. JSX works with both Java 1.3 and 1.4, and the XML is just the same for each. (The only issue I could imagine...
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Damien Evans
damien_m_evans
Sep 9, 2003 4:39 pm
Serialization is necessary overhead in a lot of situations, and JSX is a nice solution to a lot of issues relating to serialization in general. However, I am...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 9, 2003 4:51 pm
Hi again, XML serialization is a lot slower than JOS (factor of x7 maybe?) JSX2 is faster than JSX1 - sorry, don't have figures, but if you search on this...
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Damien Evans
damien_m_evans
Sep 9, 2003 6:22 pm
That's nice to know that it is faster than JSX 1. When I get some time I'll run some benchmarks and post them. Thanks again, -- D ... ...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 10, 2003 4:51 am
WHY GETTER AND SETTER METHODS ARE EVIL Make your code more maintainable by avoiding accessors ...
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Mike Goldwater
m_h_goldwater
Sep 18, 2003 7:54 pm
Hi, Sorry to spoil the party but there is a serious incompatibility in JOS 1.3 and JOS 1.4. The Collection and Map classes (and possibly others) have different...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 19, 2003 4:50 am
Hi Mike, I would be very surprised if Sun did this, as they go to a *lot* of trouble in other ways to ensure Serialization compatibility between different...
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Mark van der Kraan
linksspringer
Sep 20, 2003 8:47 am
Holub is getting some very angry reactions to his article ;-) He identifies a real problem, but doesn't come up with very realistic solutions. One of the...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 21, 2003 12:20 pm
... Some clown was having fun impersonating him, too, with semi- intelligent comments and a headline "Fools! You doubt my wisdom?". Poor Holub! Hope he's...
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Mark van der Kraan
linksspringer
Sep 22, 2003 11:05 pm
... Yes, I don't understand the vehemence of the reactions. ... Hehe, thx, missed that. [....] ... There was also discussion on the serverside: ...
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Damien Evans
damien_m_evans
Sep 23, 2003 2:25 am
In case you haven't seen it, a follow up to Holub's post from Cedric's weblog... http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000022.html -- D ...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 23, 2003 6:02 am
... Thanks - saw some good points: If there is one thing that survived the switch from procedural to OO techniques, it's the fact that data is central to...
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Mike Goldwater
m_h_goldwater
Sep 23, 2003 9:48 pm
Hi, This is really a silly argument. Apparent accessor methods don't expose the innards of classes. You don't have to know how the objects are got or set. On...
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mothukuri
Sep 23, 2003 10:59 pm
Hi, I would like to know whether JSX is free or not(is it one of GNU or LGPL). Because it is in sourceforge.net i assumed that it is open source. Looks like it...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 24, 2003 2:17 am
Hi mothukuri, JSX is not open source. Sorry, the page at source forge is about a very old prototype of JSX that was open source. I'll change that - thanks for...
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Mark van der Kraan
linksspringer
Sep 24, 2003 6:41 am
Hi, This continues to be a theme that invokes strong reactions ;-) Whatever your feelings are about the "OO-ness" of accessors and mutators, I wonder how...
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Mark van der Kraan
linksspringer
Sep 24, 2003 7:24 am
Sorry Brendan, but I knew that JSX2 is not open source, but is JSX1 still GPL-with-commercial-option? I ask because it says so at ...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 24, 2003 8:13 am
... No, JSX1 isn't available any more. I also need to change that page - though I think it's important to leave most of it up, because there is useful...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 24, 2003 12:57 pm
Hi all, an interesting slashdot article on "Prevalyer" today. http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/09/23/2016224.shtml? tid=126&tid=156 It was...
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Brendan Macmillan
egroups_yow
Sep 24, 2003 1:22 pm
That was clever of them - imagine naming your product after what it does :-) http://www.objectstore.net/products/objectstore/index.ssp The core benefit they...
