Oh, and I meant to say that your contributions are welcome! On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Eric Ayers <zun...@google.com> wrote: > The author of that library has plans to migrate to overlay types. > We've got a change branch going on > http://code.google.com/p/gwt-google-apis under changes/vinays/. > > http://code.google.com/p/gwt-google-apis/source/browse/#svn/changes/vinays/gwt-google-maps-v3 > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Daniel Bell <daniel.r.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks for the feedback. The reason I'm not using the official Maps API is >> that I need to use version 3 of the JavaScript API, which isn't supported by >> the GWT Google APIs project yet. The more developed of the GWT Maps >> Libraries (http://code.google.com/p/gwt-google-maps-v3/) uses JSIO for >> everything, rather than overlay types, so I'm concerned about performance in >> the case that lots (hundreds or so) of objects are being rendered on the >> map. At the moment it's looking like I'll contribute some changes there. >> Thanks again, >> Daniel >> >> On 7 July 2010 03:20, Eric Ayers <zun...@google.com> wrote: >>> >>> Overlay types are the way to go. The gwt-maps API use jsio because it >>> predates overlay types. >>> >>> On Jul 6, 2010 11:18 AM, "John Tamplin" <j...@google.com> wrote: >>> > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Daniel Bell <daniel.r.b...@gmail.com> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> I have a question for you about Overlay Types and the JSIO library. >>> >> I'm working on a GWT interface to the Google Maps JavaScript API, and >>> >> am wondering about the difference in performance between the two >>> >> approaches. >>> >> With JSIO I've been using wrapper objects that each contain an >>> >> instance of a JavaScriptObject being wrapped, and contain a reference >>> >> to a singleton instance of the flyweight wrapper. My guess is that the >>> >> performance would be better if I used Overlay Types instead, but I am >>> >> just guessing. Do you know (roughly) what the difference in >>> >> performance is between the two approaches? >>> >> >>> > >>> > First question - why aren't you using the official GWT APIs for Maps >>> > instead >>> > of writing your own? http://code.google.com/p/gwt-google-apis/ If there >>> > is >>> > something you need that isn't included, why not contribute to that >>> > rather >>> > than create your own from scratch? >>> > >>> > Overlay types are a bit more efficient and don't require a generator >>> > running >>> > which makes DevMode faster, but I don't think there is a lot of >>> > difference. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > John A. Tamplin >>> > Software Engineer (GWT), Google >>> > >>> > -- >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors >>> >>> -- >>> http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors >> >> -- >> http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors > > > > -- > Eric Z. Ayers > Google Web Toolkit, Atlanta, GA USA >
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