Java object serialization can be an effective tool for straightforward lightweight persistence when both the application/service saving the data and the applications/services reading the data are ...

Java provides a means to conveniently serialize data to maintain its integrity as it's sent over a network. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in the deserialization process if there aren't ...

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

This is a huge decision considering that object serialization in Java is two decades old. It was first introduced to the Java platform in version 1.1 and is tightly coupled to hundreds of ...

Serialization in Java ME I briefly mentioned object serialization in the DTO design pattern. Serialization is the process of transforming an object into a byte stream before sending it across a ...

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 ...