What type of data are you trying to serialize or rather store to disk? Do you have pointers in the data. Don't tell me you don't have pointers just because it is java. Java has pointers, it just preteneds it doesn't. Show us the datastructure and we can probably help you more. If each entry has no pointers than your task should be pretty straightforward. If you do have them, you are going to need to find a way to store those so that they are able to be redetermined. In a language like java, where you can't do pointer arithmetic or anything of the sort this can get rather difficult. Also, have you considered using a database instead of a flat file to store this data?
- Nick On 2/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Peter, java serialization is not a good way to do persistent storage of any kind, especially large data structures. It has some pretty severe drawbacks: - It is slow - It breaks easily (ie, becomes unable to load older data sets) when you make even small changes in your code. - It makes inefficient use of space - The format is difficult to decode or manipulate in any way other than reading or writing with the exact .class file used to generate the serialization code. Java serialization is excellent for RMI, but is pretty poor for any other use. I've used serialization myself several times and I regretted it every time (except for when I used it for RMI). My advice would be to come up with your own data format and use that. _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
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