Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for an application server. A presentation services module uses a set of screens to receive input and presents received results. An application services module executes a set of tasks for a process using the input to obtain output data, formats the output data into a form useable by the presentation services module to form the results, and sends the results for presentation in response to the state transition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in a data processing system for serialization data. A serializer receives a data element for serialization, wherein the data element includes a class name string. Responsive to receiving the data element, the serializer replaces the class name string with a code having a smaller size than the class name string to form a modified data element. Responsive to forming the modified data element, in which the serializer serializes the modified data element. The serialized data is transmitted and deserialized by deserializer which replaces the indicator with the class name.