LabVIEW Classes with RT FIFO and Network Streams

[jarcTek]

I am building an application using an Object Oriented design in LabVIEW 2011 for a Real Time device (cRIO). I've created a main "Object", which I would like to pass from a deterministic loop to a communications loop using RT FIFO, but it does not support LabVIEW classes. In addition, in the communications loop I would like to send my "Object" to the host PC using Network Streams but it does not support LabVIEW classes either. I would appreciate any suggestions on both issues. In order to resolve the communication problem, I tried flattening my "Object" to an XML string and send it via Network Streams, which makes it work but I am not completely convinced that it is the right solution.

Thank you!