Need to hire someone

[aussielong]

Question #2, for those who are interested:

How would you marshall and unmarshall java objects to/from XML if you aren't allowed to use JAXB or otherwise analyze schemas at compile time?

This is basically writing a generic persistence framework for object graphs.

The key insight is cycles in the graphs. You can write a persister that introspects an object to map it to XML, without too much trouble. But if that object references its parent you can hit an infinite loop when you follow the references- so you have to keep track of where you've already been.

[DimPrawn]

System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer x = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(DoodabsObje ct.GetType());
x.Serialize(Console.Out, DoodabsObject);

Yeah, it's tough in the .NET world isn't it?

These poor Java peeps, stuck in the 20th century when their toolset was last updated.



You can create you own custom serialization too of course for version compatibility as types evolve.

Custom Serialization

[eek]

Yeah, it's tough in the .NET world isn't it?

These poor Java peeps, stuck in the 20th century when their toolset was last updated.



You can create you own custom serialization too of course for version compatibility as types evolve.

Custom Serialization

you don't expect Oracle to spend money improving a product do you? Their entire business model is based on buy a competing product, make it worse so customer spends even more on support.

[minestrone]

I would go with greping using StringUtils and collections of collections.

[sasguru]

Feck me you lot do a lot of really boring stuff and for not much money either

[eek]

Feck me you lot do a lot of really boring stuff and for not much money either

I don't think any of us do this really boring stuff. If we didn't this thread wouldn't be 12 pages long.

[sasguru]

I don't think any of us do this really boring stuff. If we didn't this thread wouldn't be 12 pages long.

Fair enough. Surely this sort of thing is what Bobs are for?

[eek]

Fair enough. Surely this sort of thing is what Bobs are for?

Yes but if you want a job done probably you can't guarantee Bob will do it.

[stek]

Surely this sort of thing can be done in vi with grep, sed and awk?

Programming, pfsst....

[fullyautomatix]

Fair enough. Surely this sort of thing is what Bobs are for?

Correct, but the problem is Bob lacks the ability to realise what toolset or API is needed to tackle a problem. Once someone decides on the solution Bob will implement it by doing a copy paste from some online forum.