The new AutoBean in 2.1.1 is great. Finally, there is a decent json tool that works in both js mode and pure JVM mode =)
The basic scenarios described in the wiki (http://code.google.com/p/ google-web-toolkit/wiki/AutoBean#AutoBeanVisitor) work fine for me. I started poking further and I see some rooms for improvement. If there are work arounds I missed, please let me know =) 1. arrays / lists of beans lists as bean properties work fine. However, I couldn't find a way to operate on a list of beans say I have === interface Bean {...} interface Factory extends AutoBeanFactory { AutoBean<Bean> bean(); } // create a bean, fill in some properties // the only serialization code I found is: String json = AutoBeanCodex.encode(AutoBean wrapper).getPayLoad(); // it would be nice if there is a method that does AutoBeanCodex.encode( List<AutoBean<?>> warppers ).getPayLoad(); which outputs json arrays of beans: [ {bean1}, {bean2}, ... ] One workaround I realized is to have a list interface such as interface Beans { void setBeans(List<Bean>...); List<Bean> getBeans(); } but this introduces quite a bit boiler plate stuff that could be avoided easily 2. java.util.Date formats The default date serialization format looks like epoch. Is there a way to configure this? This could be a neat feature when using AutoBean in the JSON interoperability layer. e.g. to work with REST services that only accept / return ISO8601 full dt formats. It would be great if such configurations can be set as annotations e.g. interface bean { @PropertyFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:SSZ") // maybe also accept predefined formats in date time utils? Date getDate(); // or annotate setter void setDate(Date date); } and the serialized json would be something like "date":"2011-01-01..." comments welcome =) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
