Fwd: RE: [xml-dev] What is XML For?

"Danny Ayers" <> wrote:
 >> it's relatively simple to modify data saved from version x to
 >> allow loading into version x++, something that can't be done with Java's
 >> own serialization....


Actually, Java serialisation HAS a powerful versioning capability.
It requires adding custom nontrivial code to the class, or at least
to the later versions of the class; but it can be done.

					David