Ajax for Java developers: Java object serialization for Ajax

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Most Java developers have applied the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern to their Web applications. In a traditional Web application, the view component is composed of JSPs, or perhaps another presentation technology such as Velocity templates. These presentation components update the user interface by dynamically producing a whole new page of HTML to replace what the user was previously looking at. In the case of a Java Web application with an Ajax UI, however, the JavaScript client code has ultimate responsibility for updating what the user sees, based on data received in response to an XMLHttpRequest. From the perspective of the server, the view becomes the data representation it sends in response to client requests. more...