Should beans implement the serializable interface?
I recall reading somewhere that beans should be serializable. Is this important only when dealing with a distributed environment where a bean might be moved from one box to another? The beans that I am concerned with are used in servlets, bound to the session, timeout after 15 minutes and are not very bulky. What is the general rule about making beans serializable? I am familiar with the idea of serialization, but haven't used it before. Any informed opinions on this?
-Bryan
[493 byte] By [bjb1440a] at [2007-10-2 3:00:41] 