I'm using a complicated object design where I use the Flyweight pattern to limit certain non-static variables between multiple instances of a class. If both objects (the flyweight info and the class containing it) are Serializable, and a list of those cards is transferred from a wcf service to a client, does the client maintain the pattern (ie only one copy of the flyweight info for multiple instances of the higher class)? I'm going to give a slight code example below, in case I'm not explaining myself well.
public class Flyweight
{
public Image image;
}
public class SmallObject
{
public Flyweight fly;
}
Where a list contains 50+ SmallObjects, but uses the Flyweight pattern to only create enough Images for each separate type of object. It can't be a static variable because there are different types of SmallObjects that can't be represented by subclasses due to design restrictions. What I need to know is if the client receives 50+ discrete Flyweight objects, or the pattern is maintained and he only receives 1 Flyweight for each type.
