could be something silly ... but anyway are there any ways to serialize an event handler in java , eg. and more specifically(in my case) a MouseListener ??

i could write and read objects with ObjectInput/ObjectOutput as JFrames , JButtons and such but the events handlers that came with them doesnt work ... have tried writing/reading Listeners instead but only able to generate errors while reading them ...

does anybody got any links to answers on the net for this problem ??

or is it possible at all ??



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Why would you need to serialize event listeners/handlers? Please tell us more about what you are trying to achieve.

initially i was thinking of sending the whole frame(including panels/buttons/editbox that came with it) across a network , and this frame was in a class which i wrote for another program , but it would be great if those event handlers could be sent together with the frame , at least i dont need to rewrite these handlers in the client ... seems that event handlers are kind of unserializable , i guess that probably they got nothing to do with object persistence and states(note :: as only how i understand them presently and i believe serializations are more than just that) ...

>> " tell us more about what you are trying to achieve ..."
eg . i wanted to send an application across a network to a client , and the client side doesnt need to have any of the application files(either source or class) installed on their system , not even their configuration files and no writing of files on their disk ... i mean the server side decides and stores everthing according to each client's identity (hopefully so) ... most of the events(eg. buttons clicks , editbox changed and such) will generate a request back to the server and the server will react appropriately and send back something(eg. a dialog or changes in the class fields) ... all the clients need to install is just a jvm ...


nothing much ... i know its silly but just typically those "nothing better to do" kind of unpractical "convoluted" thinkering(you get what i mean)...


//ok ... since its a rather long posting(i didnt expected that) ... i have one more doubt ... how to send and load a jvm across a network to a client and run an application in it , i mean the client doesnt need to install java at all ... is it possible ??


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probably trying hard to make myself clearer a bit and probably jecking up my post counts or something ...

i'm not really good at saying things , so bear with me ...
>>" all the clients need to install is just a jvm ..."
not exactly ... you still need to install the client itself ... preferably a simple client , as simple and small as possible , and its just a guiless console application ... as for the reason why i'm thinking of "send and load a jvm across a network to a client[actually its a client machine] and run an application in it" is that ... i wouldnt like to be in a situation when i'm installing bash and i was asked to satisfy the missing dependency of java runtime ... and thats really weird ...

hmm ... but how to run the a java console client app in the first place ... i donno ...

never mind ... for the time being i recently got a sudden interest(probably a shorter one) in dinosaurs ever since i came back from the science center last weekend(sunday) ... i mean i didnt know that modern birds are actually kind of true dinosaurs !! fascinating !! loving funny and interesting facts in general ...

btw ... during last saturday , i spent a great time in a live sesame street concert show over here(dont laugh) ...


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You will have to install java on the client side unless it is a web application written in java. I don't think that what you are trying to achieve is possible.

ok ... i think i wont be searching for ways to transfer/load java on the client side anymore ... now i'm kind of left with the "requirments" of not installing any client application specific configuration files(these will reside on the server) and also no installations of any other java applications files(these will also reside on the server) ... so there will only be a plain java console networking client(hopefully as plain as possible though) and a normal jvm installation on the client machine ... great , at least i dont have to keep bother about one more thing and can carry on with other stuffs ...


btw ... as for your comment of "unless it is a web application written in java" ... i'm not quite sure about the meaning ... does it means i dont have to install java if theres a web application written in java ?? for example which application ?? ... i just want to make very sure i'm not missing something obvious ...


//thanks for everything ...


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I think he means the server backend is written in java so the client just goes to a website to interact with the application.