A computer-readable medium, computer-implemented method, apparatus, and system for converting and restoring an object are provided. In one embodiment, an object created by a server is serialized, at the server, into a compressed object format. The compressed object format is then inserted into a tag of a file. The file can then be sent from the server to the client at runtime. In another embodiment, a file is received, at a client. The client then automatically deserializes and loads the compressed data within the tag of the file into an object created by the client. The client then uses the object to load and invoke a view engine in order to render a view.