[wtp-incubator-dev] VEX: Why is StyleSheet serializable?

[Florian Thienel <florian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

StyleSheet and all its contained classes are implementing the 
Serializable interface. Additionally SacFactory ensures that all 
instances of LexicalUnit are also serializable by cloning the original 
LexicalUnit instances.

But I could not find any place where a StyleSheet is serialized or 
deserialized. Is there any use of this ability left in Vex? I know this 
behavior from other XML editors like XMetaL or Arbortext Editor, which 
kind of compile the grammar and stylesheets to speedup the parsing and 
creation of content.

A lot of effort is put in this facet of StyleSheet. If it can be 
removed, the code will be much clearer and easier to understand. But 
only as long it is not used anywhere.

Any hints or thoughts on this?

~Florian