DOM serialization

Jeffrey Ricker ricker at xmls.com
Wed Oct 13 20:35:11 BST 1999


XML __is__ the serialization. DOM is the instantiation of the serialization
as an object.

We call XML "universal serialization."


At 09:29 AM 10/13/99 -0700, David Brownell wrote:
>> Tangi Vass wrote:
>> 
>> Is it possible to serialize/deserialize DOM trees into/from binary format?
>
>Possible, yes.  A good idea, probably not -- most binary formats will
>be no more efficient than XML text (in terms of either space or time!),
>and they certainly sacrifice the ability to read the document into any
>other DOM implementation.
>
>See if your DOM implements the "Serializable" interface; some do.
>
>- Dave
>
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