What is a serialVersionUID and why should I use it? Eclipse issues warnings when a serialVersionUID is missing.       The serializable class Foo does not declare a static final serialVersionUID field of type long What is serialVersionUID and why is it important? Please show an example where missing serialVersionUID will cause a problem. Answer: The docs for java.io.Serializable are probably about as good an explanation as you'll get: The serialization runtime associates with each serializable class a version number, called a serialVersionUID, which is used during deserialization to verify

Convert form data to JavaScript object with jQuery. How do I convert all elements of my form to a JavaScript object? I'd like to have some way of automatically building a JavaScript object from my form, without having to loop over each element. I do not want a string, as returned by $('#formid').serialize();, nor do I want the map returned by $('#formid').serializeArray(); Answer: serializeArray already does exactly that. You just need to massage the data into your required format: function objectifyForm(formArray) {//serialize data function var returnArray