The Java Serialization API provides a standard mechanism for developers to handle object serialization. In this tip, you will see how to serialize an object, and why serialization is sometimes ...

Listing 4. A definition of Key suitable for object serialization. public class ObjId { private static int ctr = 0; public static int allocate() { return ++ctr; } } public class Key implements ...

The Java Serialization API provides a standard mechanism for developers to handle object serialization. In this tip, you will see how to serialize an object, and why serialization is sometimes ...