using mfc serialized content in java

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RoS - 31 Oct 2006 11:52 GMT

Hello

I am building a Java project, which has to handle data files from the
previous version (which happen to be MFC serialized objects). Is there
a convenient way to use MFC serialized binary objects in Java? I am
aware that MFC source code is available as part of the VC distribution,
so in the worst case I will have to re-implement the serialization
business in Java. But I am wondering if there is a ready-made Java
library for handling MFC serialized object. I looked into POIFS, but
from what I understood it is tailored for Word/Excel documents only.

Any help/advice is greatly appreciated

Cheers,
Roman

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Andrew Thompson - 31 Oct 2006 12:25 GMT

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> I am building a Java project, which has to handle data files from the
> previous version (which happen to be MFC

Multi-Function Center? Which one?
Or do you mean (shudder)
..Microsoft Foundation Classes?

If the latter...

>....serialized objects). Is there
> a convenient way to use MFC serialized binary objects in Java?

No.

> ...I am
> aware that MFC source code is available as part of the VC distribution,

Is it? Which build? The 3810 is the last I know of,
but not something I'd recommend for any end-user*.
Maybe Sun should have widened their law suit.

* Not that your app. necessarily requires distributing
any MFC classes to end users**.

> so in the worst case I will have to re-implement the serialization
> business in Java.

To convert them to a more sensible format (like XML)?
** Or are you looking at *distributing* the MFC classes
needed to deserialise the data, from it's current form?

>....But I am wondering if there is a ready-made Java
> library for handling MFC serialized object. I looked into POIFS, but
> from what I understood it is tailored for Word/Excel documents only.
>
> Any help/advice is greatly appreciated

I'd find myself an old Win2K OS install disk.
Whip it onto a spare box, and use the built in
MSVM in IE to convert all the data to a format
that is more portable.

Andrew T.

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RoS - 01 Nov 2006 09:31 GMT

> If the latter...

Yep, the latter.

> Is it? Which build? The 3810 is the last I know of,
> but not something I'd recommend for any end-user*.
> Maybe Sun should have widened their law suit.

I haven't checked other versions, but MFC source code comes with the
2005 version.

> To convert them to a more sensible format (like XML)?
> ** Or are you looking at *distributing* the MFC classes
> needed to deserialise the data, from it's current form?

It is the latter. I need a way to handle the data produced by the older
version without any prior conversion. Except that I dont want to
distribute any MFC classes (besides is there a way to call c libraries
from Java?), but the whole thing should be implemented in Java without
any external dependencies.

I tried Apache's POI, but unfortunately it doesn't understand the MFC
format.

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