Can I persist my objects using serialization instead of using a relational or object database?
Created May 4, 2012
Govind Seshadri No. While serialization is a highly versatile
mechanism having numerous applications, your
long term storage needs should continue to be
addressed by conventional relational or
object databases.
Note that serialization does not provide any features for transaction management and concurrency control. Nor does it provide typical database features like indexed access, caching and a query language.