The term was also used by CORBA and RPC for the
representation of an object of procedure call
prepared for transmition or persistence.
So, the term goes back a lot of years.
Cheers,
--Hank
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From: "Mark Hansen" <mark_at_javector.com>
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Subject: Marshal/Unmarshal terminology
> Does anybody know why JAXB uses the term "marshal" instead of
> "serializer"? And "unmarshal" instead of "deserialize"?
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