C++ STD and sequences

[Ramana K Ramachandran]

hi
I am planning to use STL to implement list, multimap etc on the (C++)
server and copy it to a sequence when the (java/C++)client request for a
list. Is this memory/time efficient? Also Are there any special things
to take care of? (like incrementing reference count to keep the object)

Any other efficient way to do this?
thanks
ramana
PS: I wish there was a way to send STL objects!
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