Re: [DotGNU](no subject)

[Tali Streit]

At 09:29 AM 18/10/01 +1000, Rhys Weatherley wrote:
> Putting serialization in "System.Object" wouldn't be very wise
> because there are many different serialization types, each with
> their own peculiar requirements.  Microsoft's approach is the
> right one from a design patterns point of view: separate the
> representation from the serialization.

I figure a default form of serialization would simplify matters 
dramatically. this would effectively give us the ability for a distributed 
memberwise clone. All built in types would be covered and the default 
behaviour for user defined types is to enumerate through the members.

To my understanding, the SOAP related web-service stuff in .NET is handled 
by the server via the classes in System.Web.Services.WebService namespace. 
I haven't looked at any of it in great detail either, though.