diff --git a/nested/Cargo.toml b/nested/Cargo.toml
index d8a83d0..4db1541 100644
--- a/nested/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nested/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ termion = "1.5.5"
 signal-hook = "0.3.1"
 signal-hook-async-std = "0.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+bincode = "1.3.3"
+serde_json = "*"
 
 [dependencies.async-std]
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.9.0"
 features = ["unstable", "attributes"]
diff --git a/nested/src/sequence/vec_buffer.rs b/nested/src/sequence/vec_buffer.rs
index 220d52d..04643c4 100644
--- a/nested/src/sequence/vec_buffer.rs
+++ b/nested/src/sequence/vec_buffer.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
 use {
     std::{
         sync::Arc,
-        ops::{Deref, DerefMut}
+        ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
+        io::Write
     },
     std::sync::RwLock,
+    async_std::{
+        io::{Read, ReadExt},
+        stream::{Stream, StreamExt}
+    },
+    serde::{Serialize, Deserialize, de::DeserializeOwned},
     crate::{
         core::{View, Observer, ObserverExt, ObserverBroadcast, ViewPort, InnerViewPort, OuterViewPort},
         sequence::SequenceView,
     }
 };
 
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum VecDiff<T> {
+    Clear,
     Push(T),
     Remove(usize),
     Insert{ idx: usize, val: T },
@@ -26,6 +34,7 @@ where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
 
 //<<<<>>>><<>><><<>><<<*>>><<>><><<>><<<<>>>>
 
+/// Adapter View implementing `Sequence` for `Vec`
 pub struct VecSequence<T>
 where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
     cur_len: RwLock<usize>,
@@ -33,6 +42,21 @@ where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
     cast: Arc<RwLock<ObserverBroadcast<dyn SequenceView<Item = T>>>>
 }
 
+/// Serialization Observer for `Vec`
+pub struct VecBinWriter<T, W>
+where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+      W: Write + Send + Sync {
+    data: Option<Arc<RwLock<Vec<T>>>>,
+    out: RwLock<W>
+}
+
+pub struct VecJsonWriter<T, W>
+where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+      W: Write + Send + Sync {
+    data: Option<Arc<RwLock<Vec<T>>>>,
+    out: RwLock<W>
+}
+
 impl<T> OuterViewPort<RwLock<Vec<T>>>
 where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
     pub fn to_sequence(&self) -> OuterViewPort<dyn SequenceView<Item = T>> {
@@ -43,6 +67,88 @@ where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> OuterViewPort<RwLock<Vec<T>>>
+where T: Clone + Serialize + Send + Sync + 'static {
+    pub fn serialize_bin<W: Write + Send + Sync + 'static>(&self, out: W) -> Arc<RwLock<VecBinWriter<T, W>>> {
+        let writer = Arc::new(RwLock::new(
+            VecBinWriter {
+                data: None,
+                out: RwLock::new(out),
+            }
+        ));
+        self.add_observer(writer.clone());
+        writer
+    }
+
+    pub fn serialize_json<W: Write + Send + Sync + 'static>(&self, out: W) -> Arc<RwLock<VecJsonWriter<T, W>>> {
+        let writer = Arc::new(RwLock::new(
+            VecJsonWriter {
+                data: None,
+                out: RwLock::new(out),
+            }
+        ));
+        self.add_observer(writer.clone());
+        writer
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl<T, W> Observer<RwLock<Vec<T>>> for VecBinWriter<T, W>
+where T: Clone + Serialize + Send + Sync + 'static,
+      W: Write + Send + Sync
+{
+    fn reset(&mut self, view: Option<Arc<RwLock<Vec<T>>>>) {
+        self.data = view;
+        let mut out = self.out.write().unwrap();
+
+        out.write(&bincode::serialized_size(&VecDiff::<T>::Clear).unwrap().to_le_bytes());
+        out.write(&bincode::serialize(&VecDiff::<T>::Clear).unwrap());
+
+        if let Some(data) = self.data.as_ref() {
+            for x in data.read().unwrap().iter() {
+                out.write(&bincode::serialized_size(&VecDiff::Push(x)).unwrap().to_le_bytes());
+                out.write(&bincode::serialize(&VecDiff::Push(x)).unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+
+        out.flush();
+    }
+
+    fn notify(&self, diff: &VecDiff<T>) {
+        let mut out = self.out.write().unwrap();
+        out.write(&bincode::serialized_size(diff).unwrap().to_le_bytes());
+        out.write(&bincode::serialize(diff).unwrap());
+        out.flush();
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, W> Observer<RwLock<Vec<T>>> for VecJsonWriter<T, W>
+where T: Clone + Serialize + Send + Sync + 'static,
+      W: Write + Send + Sync
+{
+    fn reset(&mut self, view: Option<Arc<RwLock<Vec<T>>>>) {
+        self.data = view;
+
+        self.out.write().unwrap().write(&serde_json::to_string(&VecDiff::<T>::Clear).unwrap().as_bytes());
+        self.out.write().unwrap().write(b"\n");
+
+        if let Some(data) = self.data.as_ref() {
+            for x in data.read().unwrap().iter() {
+                self.out.write().unwrap().write(&serde_json::to_string(&VecDiff::Push(x)).unwrap().as_bytes());
+                self.out.write().unwrap().write(b"\n");
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.out.write().unwrap().flush();
+    }
+
+    fn notify(&self, diff: &VecDiff<T>) {
+        self.out.write().unwrap().write(serde_json::to_string(diff).unwrap().as_bytes());
+        self.out.write().unwrap().write(b"\n");
+        self.out.write().unwrap().flush();
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> VecSequence<T>
 where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
     pub fn new(
@@ -80,6 +186,15 @@ where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
 
     fn notify(&self, diff: &VecDiff<T>) {
         match diff {
+            VecDiff::Clear => {
+                let l = {
+                    let mut l = self.cur_len.write().unwrap();
+                    let old_l = *l;
+                    *l = 0;
+                    old_l
+                };
+                self.cast.notify_each(0 .. l)
+            },
             VecDiff::Push(_) => {
                 let l = {
                     let mut l = self.cur_len.write().unwrap();
@@ -135,13 +250,38 @@ where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct VecBuffer<T>
-where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
+where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static
+{
     data: Arc<RwLock<Vec<T>>>,
     cast: Arc<RwLock<ObserverBroadcast<RwLock<Vec<T>>>>>
 }
 
 impl<T> VecBuffer<T>
-where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
+where T: DeserializeOwned + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static
+{
+    pub async fn from_json<R: Read + async_std::io::Read + Unpin>(&mut self, read: R) {
+        let mut bytes = read.bytes();
+        let mut s = String::new();
+        while let Some(Ok(b)) = bytes.next().await {
+            match b {
+                b'\n' => {
+                    if s.len() > 0 {
+                        let diff = serde_json::from_str::<VecDiff<T>>(&s).expect("error parsing json");
+                        self.apply_diff(diff);
+                        s.clear();
+                    }
+                },
+                c => {
+                    s.push(c as char);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> VecBuffer<T>
+where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static
+{
     pub fn with_data(
         data: Vec<T>,
         port: InnerViewPort<RwLock<Vec<T>>>
@@ -158,19 +298,15 @@ where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
     pub fn apply_diff(&mut self, diff: VecDiff<T>) {
         let mut data = self.data.write().unwrap();
         match &diff {
+            VecDiff::Clear => { data.clear(); },
             VecDiff::Push(val) => { data.push(val.clone()); },
             VecDiff::Remove(idx) => { data.remove(*idx); },
             VecDiff::Insert{ idx, val } => { data.insert(*idx, val.clone()); },
             VecDiff::Update{ idx, val } => { data[*idx] = val.clone(); }
         }
         drop(data);
-        self.cast.notify(&diff);
-    }
 
-    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
-        for _ in 0 .. self.len() {
-            self.remove(0);
-        }
+        self.cast.notify(&diff);
     }
 
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
@@ -181,6 +317,10 @@ where T: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static {
         self.data.read().unwrap()[idx].clone()
     }
 
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.apply_diff(VecDiff::Clear);
+    }
+
     pub fn push(&mut self, val: T) {
         self.apply_diff(VecDiff::Push(val));
     }