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Re: Object* classes


On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Per Bothner wrote:

> > To implement this correctly we need more than the API docs... it'll have
> > to be compatible with serialized objects from the JDK.  Does Sun provide
> > complete documentation on their object serialization protocol?
> 
> Yes, they do.

Note that there's a complete (GPL'ed) working (including inter-operating
with the JDK) implementation of serialisation in Kaffe, which you could
take code or simply algorithms from. 

Jules

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