Would it be possible to make DataModel serializable? Both Seam and Spring Faces have to override the built-in DataModel implementations just to add this interface, and it's really unnecessary. http://docs.jboss.org/seam/2.1.1.GA/api/org/jboss/seam/jsf/ListDataModel.... http://static.springframework.org/spring-webflow/docs/2.0.x/javadoc-api/o... This seems like a pretty trivial change to make. -Dan -- Dan Allen Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Dan NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a week, it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was caught in the spam filters. Please don't hesitate to resend a message if you feel that it did not reach my attention.

+1 (I know it's past the stated deadline, but this should at least be moved to the 2.1 list) On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Would it be possible to make DataModel serializable? Both Seam and Spring > Faces have to override the built-in DataModel implementations just to add > this interface, and it's really unnecessary. > > > http://docs.jboss.org/seam/2.1.1.GA/api/org/jboss/seam/jsf/ListDataModel.... > > http://static.springframework.org/spring-webflow/docs/2.0.x/javadoc-api/o... > > This seems like a pretty trivial change to make. > > -Dan > > -- > Dan Allen > Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action > > http://mojavelinux.com <http://mojavelinux.com/> > http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction > http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/Dan > > NOTE: While I make a strong effort to keep up with my email on a daily > basis, personal or other work matters can sometimes keep me away > from my email. If you contact me, but don't hear back for more than a > week, > it is very likely that I am excessively backlogged or the message was > caught in the spam filters. Please don't hesitate to resend a message if > you feel that it did not reach my attention. >