In Java, the serialization mechanism is built into the platform, but you need to implement the Serializable interface to make an object serializable. You can also prevent some data in your object from being …

Serialization is also faster, because in Java, objects are handled on the heap, and take much longer than if they were represented as primitives on the stack. Speed, speed, speed. And less file …

The main advantage of serialization is that it is extremely easy to use, relatively fast, and preserves actual Java object meshes. But you have to realize that it's not really meant to be used for storing …

Mar 5, 2014 · Java API takes care of the serialization protocol and persists the java object in a file in conformance with the protocol. De-serialization is the process of getting the object back from the file …

Nov 13, 2008 · The docs for java.io.Serializable are probably about as good an explanation as you'll get: The serialization runtime associates with each serializable class a version number, called a …

May 26, 2009 · Why does Java have transient fields?Before understanding the transient keyword, one has to understand the concept of serialization. If the reader knows about serialization, please skip …

May 15, 2010 · Let's say I have a serializable class AppMessage. I would like to transmit it as byte[] over sockets to another machine where it is rebuilt from the bytes received. How could I achieve this?

Lets say that I have a program that for some reason need to handle old versions of serialized objects. Eg: when deserializing, one of these versions may be encountered. class Pet { private st...

The book Effective Java and other sources provide a pretty good explanation on how and when to use the readObject() method when working with serializable Java classes. The readResolve() method, on ...

When I used Eclipse it had a nice feature to generate serial version UID. But what to do in IntelliJ? How to choose or generate identical serial version UID in IntelliJ? And what to do when you