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From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-06 10:00:16


> So but anyhow... those of you who feel that you have or might have
> need of an object serialization system, please speak up with your
> requirements.
>
> Here are mine.
>
> * Supports a format which collates in the same order that the objects
> collate.

That's fine for a file-based serialization, but the framework should not make
this assumption or it will be unusable for non-stream based formats such as
databases. The point of a serialization framework is usually to support
multiple targets without impact to the application or domain objects.

Jeff


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