[679] in java-interest
persistifying objects
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Pare)
Thu Jul 13 00:51:11 1995
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 20:43:17 -0700
From: Dave Pare <mr-frog@midway.netgames.com>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
So a usually reliable source has told me that there used to be support
for making java objects persistent, but it was removed due to problems
with security. I'm very interested in using the language, but it's
critical for me to be able to store a partial image of my current runtime
state to disk so that it can be subsequently restored. I've developed
a simple automated system for doing this under C++, and it's wonderfully
useful.
Based on my experience, I have suggestions as to how Java might proceed,
but since I haven't considered the security aspects of this for any longer
than about ten minutes, my suggestions would probably be silly, easily
shot down and do no more than waste everyone's time.
Therefore, I humbly request to know if:
a) some kind "internal" soul be willing to cough up information
regarding what was attempted in the past, along with the rationale was
that finally shot it down
b) anyone is working on any automated persistence system for Java at
this time
Thanks,
Dave Pare
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