How to store a custom javascript Object in HTML DOM?

Question

If I create a custom javascript Object using a constructor, Is it possible to persist the object between HTTP Requests? - like storing it in the DOM and use it conditionally ?

Will the DOM Objects persist (all client side Objects) between the HTTP Requests ..? or will it get lost after every form submit..?

Thanks

Answer 1

It will get lost on every request.

If it is very small, you might be able to put it in a cookie and re-read it (and evel it) on every reload.

With HTML5 you should be able to persist it using web/local storage.

Answer 2

1. you can store object in cookie using JSON to serialize it

2. you can use experimental HTML5 persistent storage: http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/

3. you can ask people to install plugin like Google Gears which enables persistent storage