[Isolate-interest] IsolateStatus.State implements Serializable

[Bill Foote]

Doug Lea wrote:
> Curt Cox wrote:
> 
>> IsolateStatus.State implements Serializable.
>>
>> Is that an oversight, or is serialization support now considered a
>> prerequisite for JSR-121?
>> http://blog.sars-norum.com/2005/03/10/persistence-in-j2me/
>>
> 
> Good catch; thanks!
> 
> We'll have to finesse this. Lack of serialization in J2ME
> but serializability by convention in J2SE is an impediment
> to producing shared specs.


Just one clarification:  J2ME CLDC lacks serialization,
but J2ME CDC does not.

Unfortunately, "J2ME" has become synonymous with "J2ME CLDC"
in certain quarters, including some parts of Sun.  This is a
misnomer and can be misleading.  For example, here it's ambiguous
whether Doug means both J2ME configurations or not.  Perhaps when
CDC surpasses CLDC in commercial visibility due to Blu-ray disc
this naming confusion will stop happening :-)

I usually say "CDC" or "PBP" if that's what I mean.  I guess if
I were to talk about CLDC, I'd call it "CLDC," not "J2ME CLDC"
and certainly not "J2ME" by itself.  For CLDC, I actually like the
historic name "kJava," but that's mostly because I like the
bi-lingual Kilobyte/Kuai/Kawaii pun.

Bill

> Also, speaking for Greg, we'd love it if everyone on this
> list looked through the posted spec carefully.
> Our intent is to only make final essential corrections and submit
> for final spec approval in a few weeks.
> 
> -Doug
> 
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