[Opensim-dev] .net serialization of SOGs

[Melanie]

Hi,

for allowing the "avatar packs", the new serialization must also
wind up being a string, so it can ba wrapped in XML, if it, itself,
isn't XML.

Also, the script state serialization is brittle. It must happen in
the same way and at the same time as it does now.

We need only read support, not write, for the old format. I really
don't think we need to have "write old oar" commands. You want to
use recent oars, use a recent version.

Easy.

Melanie

diva at metaverseink.com wrote:
> Dear devs,
> 
> I'm pulling my hair here with the serialization of scene objects. This 
> is horrible! Using .Net serialization for something as important as this 
> is the worst idea ever. We're completely frozen. I'm trying to add an 
> additional field for the creator info, and I'm stuck in all sorts of 
> ways: I can't compute the value of that field at serialization-time, and 
> then there are the issues of compatibility with previous versions of the 
> SOP class.
> 
> I'd like to understand all the implications of doing an entirely 
> different serialization procedure, one that does not use reflection, and 
> that allows for processing-during-serialization. What will break, and 
> therefore needs fixing?
> 
> I understand all archiving related to previous versions will break, so 
> we need to keep supporting the existing serialization 'disease' for the 
> foreseeable future. I also understand that TPs/crossings between sims 
> that talk different SOG serializations will break, but that's not so bad.
> 
> Anything else I should be aware of before I go off and redo this?
> 
> Diva / Crista
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