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1. Object(Output|Input)Stream binary protocol    stackoverflow.com

I was wondering if anyone had some resources that describe the binary protocol used by ObjectOutputStream. I realize of course that objects themselves can specify what their data by implementing the ...

2. Reading an XML File using FileInputStream (for Java)?    stackoverflow.com

here's the deal. For my project I have to serialize and deserialize a random tree using Java and XStream. My teacher made the Tree/RandomTree algorithms, so I don't have to worry ...

3. Partial bean serialization and deserialization+merging    stackoverflow.com

I am developing a RESTful web service. I have a bunch of entity classes (mostly JPA entities, but also other beans). There are gazillions of object mapping, serialization, binding and whatnot libraries out ...

4. Java Deserialization of java.lang.Integer - Exception    stackoverflow.com

Recieved the following exception when deserializing a HashMap<String, Integer>:

java.io.InvalidClassException: java.lang.Integer; local class incompatible: stream classdesc serialVersionUID = 1360826667802527544, local class serialVersionUID = 1360826667806852920
Serialized and deserialized on the same machine, with the ...

5. Problems with class loading during deserialization of type from another assembly    stackoverflow.com

There are two assemblies:
1) Assembly containing serializer. This is a place from where serialization and deserialization starts.
2) Assembly containing serialized types. This is a place which is calling serializer ...

6. Appending to an ObjectOutputStream    stackoverflow.com

Is it not possible to append to an ObjectOutputStream? I am trying to append to a list of objects. Following snippet is a function that is called whenever a job is finished.

FileOutputStream ...

7. Java: Use ObjectOutputStream without serializable    stackoverflow.com

Sometimes, I want to use an ObjectOutputStream to write something to a file or sending a little image over the network. But BufferedImage and many other classes not implement java.io.Serializable and ...

8. How to change endianness when unmarshalling a CDR stream containing valuetype objects in Java    stackoverflow.com

I've got marshaled CDR data all by itself in the form of a file (i.e., not packed in a GIOP message) which I need to unmarshal and display on the screen. ...

9. Simple XML deserialization    stackoverflow.com

I am trying out the Simple XML serializer. I am more interested in deserialization from XML->Java. Here is my code as a unit test:

import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.simpleframework.xml.Attribute;
import org.simpleframework.xml.Root;
import ...





10. How can I append to an existing java.io.ObjectStream?    stackoverflow.com

As for now I will get java.io.StreamCorruptedException when I try to append an Object. I have searched the Internet for a way to overcome that. The answer I found so far ...

11. Java invalid stream header: 7371007E    stackoverflow.com

I am building a client-server application. Now I want to forward the message from a client to all other client with this code:

ArrayList<User> usrs = _usrHandler.getUsers();
for(User usr : usrs) {
  ...

12. Java: Serialization/ Deserialization to/from XML instead of binary    stackoverflow.com

I have a complex set of data models that currently implement java.io.Serializable, and I have successfully serialized and deserialized them with ObjectOutputStream and ObjectInputStream. However, the result are binary files (as expected), ...

13. ObjectInputStream: is this correct way to unblock    stackoverflow.com

ObjectInputStream blocks when created until it recieves a serial input stream ans verifies it. I was trying to make my first program using sockets through it and found this. I used ...

14. Java Object to XML serialization using writeObject    stackoverflow.com

Is there any open source Object to XML serializer in Java that uses writeObject method on the object to serialize similar to NSXMLOutputStream in WebObjects?

15. Json Jackson deserialization without inner classes    stackoverflow.com

I have a question concerning Json deserialization using Jackson. I would like to deserialize a Json file using a class like this one: (taken from http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonInFiveMinutes)

public class User 
{
   ...

16. Java invalid stream header Problem    stackoverflow.com

im writen a client-server app, and now i´m facing a problem that I dont know how to solve: This is the client:

try
        {

   ...





17. Avoiding duplicate objects in Java deserialization    stackoverflow.com

I have two lists (list1 and list2) containing references to some objects, where some of the list entries may point to the same object. Then, for various reasons, I am serializing ...

18. Java deserialization speed    stackoverflow.com

I am writing a Java application that among other things needs to read a dictionary text file (each line is one word) and store it in a HashSet. Each time I ...

19. Please provide scenarios/conditions those fail during deserialization when a class & serialized object have same serialVersionUID?    stackoverflow.com

Please provide scenarios/conditions those fail during deserialization when a class & serialized object have same serialVersionUID? I'm looking scenarios like following 1) If a data type of an instance variable is changed then ...

20. ObjectOutputStream .writeObject    stackoverflow.com

hey i have some problems with this code... This is a JDialogForm in which I have jTextField and button. I want to save data from this Jtextfield when i click button ...

21. How can I have more flexible serialization and deserialization in Java?    stackoverflow.com

If I serialize an object in Java, and then later add an extra field to the java class, I can't deserialize the object into the modified class. Is there a serialization library ...

22. How to automatically execute a method after deserialization?    stackoverflow.com

I've got a class Foo, it's Serializable. It represents a graphical object, and I want it to restore its handles to the state before serializing. All data is stored within the ...

23. Does a Buffered ObjectInputStream exist?    stackoverflow.com

I am deserializing an object from a file that is 350KB in size, and its taking rather a long time. My computer science TA told me that there is a way ...

24. Object serialization and deserialization when class field changed    stackoverflow.com

I have a question about Object serialization and deserialization when class field changed. If an object with type MyClass

MyClass {
    String str1;
    LinkedList mylist = new ...

25. java - invoking standard deserialization inside custom deserialization    stackoverflow.com

I have a simple data structure which is serialized and deserialized. Upon deserialization, I wish that the data structure itself makes a subsequent processing step. In our case, it should simply call ...

26. How to spot java deserialization issues?    stackoverflow.com

i would like to be able to spot problems with deserialization in java code. What should i look for? For example, how would one determine if some java code tries to ...

27. Why aren't my objects deserialized correctly?    stackoverflow.com

I have a pretty simple class hierarchy:

public class DropdownOption<T> /* does NOT implement Serializable */ {
    private T value;
    private String label;

    ...

28. Serialize FileOutPut stream    stackoverflow.com

I have 2 classes: One that simulates a "server" and a second one. The idea is the server writes a file away with all the required data (usernames, psw, friends, etc...). Basicly the ...

29. Trouble accessing fields of a serialized object in Java    stackoverflow.com

I have instantized a class that implements Serializable and I am trying to stream that object like this:

try{
    Socket socket = new Socket("localhost", 8000);
    ObjectOutputStream ...

30. Best practices for sending/serializing an object    stackoverflow.com

Question: How common is it for a developer to create their own serializing format? Specifically, I'm using java essentially send the object as a giant string with tokens to delimit variables. ...

31. Read XML file using SimpleXML throws Serializer Exception    stackoverflow.com

I use SimpleXML to save a simple POJO into XML file and then read it back. I follow this tutorial. The file is successfully created, but the reading part ...

32. Upgrading a Java Serializable class    stackoverflow.com

I have read various blogs about Serialization and the use of serialVersionUID. Most of them mention using it to maintain the state of a serializable class. The scenario I have is; I ...

33. What is the best way to fully read a stream of objects from a file in Java?    stackoverflow.com

I'm creating a potentially long log of objects and do not want to keep them all in memory before writing to a file, so I can't write a serialized collection of ...

34. Specify which fields are (not) serialized in ObjectOutputStream without using transient or serialPersistentFields    stackoverflow.com

Is there any way to tell an ObjectOutputStream which fields of a serializable class should be serialized without using the keyword transient and without defining an serialPersistentFields-array?


Background: I need to use ...

35. How do I nicely read an unknown number of objects from java.io.ObjectInputStream?    stackoverflow.com

I found this page that suggests looping until exceptions is thrown and then handle that exception. Basically what it suggests is:

[...]
try {
    while (true) {
   ...

36. Why does ObjectOutputStream.writeObject not take a Serializable?    stackoverflow.com

Why does ObjectOutputStream.writeObject() not take a Serializable? Why is it taking an Object?

37. simpleframework, deserializing an empty element to an empty string instead of null    stackoverflow.com

I use simpleframework (http://simple.sourceforge.net/) in a project for my serializing / deserializing needs, but it doesn't work as expected (well, atleast not how I expect) when dealing with empty / null ...

38. What is Serialization and Deserialization conceptually?    stackoverflow.com

Possible Duplicate:
What is object serialization?
Want to get idea behind the serialization and de-serialization of object.A simple example would be appreciated.

39. GSON deserializing key-value to custom object    stackoverflow.com

I need to deserialize json which is an array of date/long values. Here is an example of the returned JSON:

[{"2011-04-30T00:00:00-07:00":100}, {"2011-04-29T00:00:00-07:00":200}]
Using GSON I am able to deserialize this to a List<Map<Date,String>>, ...

40. Equivalent of ObjectOutputStream, saving not only its state but the whole object?    stackoverflow.com

I'm letting the user import plugin-like classes from a remote location using URLClassLoader, so these imported classes do NOT exist in the build path (however, they all implement an interface IPlugin ...

41. keep getting an ionotseriaizableexception, what did i do wrong?    stackoverflow.com

So, i have a class which has the following attributes

private String name;
private int counter;

private DateFormat df;
private DecimalFormat def;

private ArrayList<Bike> bike;
static String[] titles = {"some,items,here"};
all these are already initialized and then on ...

42. Incremental streaming JSON library for Java    stackoverflow.com

Can anyone recommend a JSON library for Java which allows me to give it chunks of data as they come in, in a non-blocking fashion? I have read through A ...

43. Java deserialization question    stackoverflow.com

For reuse reasons I have wrapped my current serialization/deserialization services in an abstract generic class, which is compiled in a shared JAR across the project. I need to serialize objects to ...

44. (java) ObjectInputStream deserializing wrong version of object    stackoverflow.com

I'm just learning networking from a java book, so I'm a bit of a noob. I couldn't find this problem in the book or online so I decided to ask the ...

45. working of ObjectInputStream    stackoverflow.com

I've got multiple objects stored in a file .This is regarding the ObjectInputStream. If I've got the below code:

FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filename);

ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);

Object obj1 = (Object)ois.readObject();

ois.close();
 ois ...

46. how to write class object to bin file    stackoverflow.com


I am using java to map some huge graph. I have a personalized class object that has this map, it is formed of several hasmaps and calls other personalized classes ...

47. How can I polymorphic deserialization Json String using Java and Jackson Library?    stackoverflow.com

I've some classes A, B, C they all inherit from class BaseClass. I've a String json that contains the json representation of the A, B, C or BaseClass. I want to have some ...

48. Appending to ObjectOutputStream (writing multiple objects w/o closing stream)    stackoverflow.com

Desclaimer My question is different from two following links Question 1 Question 2

    public class AppendableObjectOutputStream extends ObjectOutputStream {
      public AppendableObjectOutputStream(OutputStream out) throws ...

49. How can I debug / view ObjectInputStream data?    stackoverflow.com

I have a javaagent attached to a remote process using agentmain which sends serialized java objects via socket to a client application. There appears to be a bug in the formatting ...

50. How to deserialize from a file to different class    stackoverflow.com

I serialize a ArrayList<packageA.Changelog> list to a file and transmitted the file to another system in another machine. And since it's a different system that received the file, I don't have the ...

51. How to serialize/deserialize third party Java objects with Jackson    stackoverflow.com

As an example, I'd like to serialize/deserialize one object of Slick2d's Animation class using Jackson. What is the simplest way to do this?

52. Why are readObject and writeObject private, and why would I write transient variables explicitly?    stackoverflow.com

I am reading the chapter on Serialization in Effective Java.

  1. Who calls the readObject() and writeObject()? Why are these methods declared private ?
  2. The below is a piece of code from the book
    // ...

53. Java: Transferable Objects & Serialization    stackoverflow.com

I need to serialize a Transferable object to I can send it over an object data stream but during runtime I get the error java.io.NotSerializableException & I have no idea whats ...

54. Why my exception class needs to be serialized?    stackoverflow.com

When you extend a class with class Exception ( for creating new exception) you get a warning to have a serialVersionUID. I know that serialVersionUID plays a important role while serialization ...

55. Serialization : How does JVM keep track of which all object have already been written to the stream    stackoverflow.com

In the following program.

public class SerialExample {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{
        ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("out.txt"));

  ...

56. Java Serialization with object input/output stream    stackoverflow.com

In java, we are serializing the objects i.e. object state over network using serializable marker interface and object streams(serilaze and deseriaze). But we are having a different streams to write ...

57. Get selected fields from Java POJO during serialisation and deserialisation    stackoverflow.com

Suppose I am having POJO which contains 10 fields and getter/setter for each one. I would like to get the selected fields from that POJO during serialization and deserialization depending on ...

58. De-serializing objects from a file in Java    stackoverflow.com

I have a file which contains multiple serialized objects of class XYZ. While serializing, the each XYZ object was appended to the file. Now I need to read each object from the ...

59. Saving objects in files produces error: "FileOutputStream cannot be resolved to a type"    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to save an object, I googled the HowTo and got a tutorial on this issue. However since I never worked before with this I'm experiencing problems I can't resolve. ...

60. Although the Serializable interface in Java has no methods, no fields, it can achieve its function. How?    stackoverflow.com

Although the java.io.Serializable interface public interface Serializable{} surprisingly doesn't contain any methods and fields in Java, the class that implements this interface is able to achieve the function of serialization and ...

61. Java: How to make this Serializable?    stackoverflow.com

I need the following class to be Serializable.

package helpers;

public class XY implements Comparable<XY>
{
    public int x;
    public int y;

    public XY (int ...

62. Why does a single object written to two different Streams represent two distinct objects when read back?    stackoverflow.com

The title tells my need and here the following is code that I'm use:

Test Case

SameObjectDifferentStreams same = new SameObjectDifferentStreams(); 
ObjectOutputStream out1 = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("file1"));
ObjectOutputStream out2 = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("file2"));

out1.writeObject(same);
out1.close();

out2.writeObject(same);
out2.close();

System.out.println("The Original ...

63. Object output and input issues, only prints the first line on the input    stackoverflow.com

I'm making a chat server for a class and am having issue logging messages for offline users. The data appends to the logfile as an object, it grows in size ...

64. Serialize object with outputstream    stackoverflow.com

Suppose I have an OutputStream (and not an ObjectOutputStream). Is is possible to send a serialized object using the write method? Thanks!

65. Serialize DOM to FileOutputStream using Xerces    stackoverflow.com

I am using this link to generate XML file using DOM. It says that "Xerces parser is bundled with the JDK 1.5 distribution.So you need not download the parser ...

66. Java Serialization writeObject failing without defining variables    stackoverflow.com

For some odd reason I am able to write my object to a file if broken up into variables or Strings but not as shown in the tutorial as one solid ...

67. serializing a list of objects into a file in java    stackoverflow.com

I have a list of around 20,000 object, which in turn have a very huge hierarchy. I need to dump the objects into a file, so that i can read it ...

69. Custamize serialization and deserialization when using IIOP    coderanch.com

I am trying to initilize some static fields on the client side with values present in an object returned from the server side. The exact scenario is that on client side I call an EJB (present on server side). The EJB returns an object of a specific class type to the client. This object is, I guess, serialized when sent over ...

70. stream corrupted exception and object is not serialized?    coderanch.com

Hello friends! I am passing data from applet to servlet using hash tables. When going from applet(i.e on click save button in applet side) to servlet it is throwing exception. it is showing java.io. stream corrupted exception.and input stream does not contain a serialized object. I done this one in websphere 3.5 with out any prob. but now i am testing ...

71. ObjectOutputStream Make copy of Serialized File    coderanch.com

I am serializing two objects to two different files.I then copy the first object into a third file and append the second object thus saving both objects into one single file.While copying I do not use readObject as I do not want to change the instance of the object just make a copy. When I read it again I use read ...

72. ObjectOutputStream serializable HELP!!    coderanch.com

For "ObjectOutputStream", Is there any way to append addition data to file without destroying any existing data. Below is my code, I try to append "userAccount" object to the end of file. However, it doesn't work. The existing data is over-written by the new data. I looked at the ObjectOutputStream doc in JavaDoc... ObjectOutputStream doesn't have any "append" mode... I need ...

73. can we serialize InputStream and OutputStream object?    coderanch.com

Streams and File objects are very particular to the machine they were created on and are of no use out of that machine. So, it does not make sense to return them from a remote method. This is the reason why these classes do not implement Serializable and hence can not be serialized.

74. Serialization and deserialization    coderanch.com

I am unable to work out why I can't serialize and then immediately de-serialize an object with the following code without getting the error java.io.InvalidClassException: java.util.Date; local class incompatible: stream classdesc serialVersionUID = 7523895402267505689, local class serialVersionUID = 7523967970034938905 package gov.ons.test; import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class Temp implements Serializable { Date date = new Date(); public Temp() { } public ...

75. Object Serialization and Deserialization    coderanch.com

Hello, I have a program which is creating a key for encrypting and decrypting text in DES. The key is stored to a file using object serialization (JDK 1.3). Key key=encrypt.getKey(); ObjectOutputStream outStream=new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("SecretKey.ser")); outStream.writeObject(key); outStream.close(); Now that I have this file I have given this file to someone else to use in .Net C#. They are to use this ...

76. On Object Serialization & Deserialization    coderanch.com

Hello all, I have serialized an object, which does not have any default constructor. When I deserialize this object, it throws me the error " no valid constructor ". Exception in thread "main" java.io.InvalidClassException: GuruByteArrayInputStream; no valid constructor at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.(ObjectStreamClass.java:428) at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.lookup(ObjectStreamClass.java:268) at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.initNonProxy(ObjectStreamClass.java:504) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1546) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(ObjectInputStream.java:1460) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1693) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1299) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:339) at DeMainSerialization.main(DeMainSerialization.java:12) Is it mandatory that the ...

77. Serializing a ByteArrayOutputStream    coderanch.com

79. can we override writeobject method to acheive serializable concept?    coderanch.com

Hi, I know serialization concept. Generally if you want to make a class as serializable,you can implement serializable interface.. once we implement it, jvm take care of the object to be serialied by using writeObject and readobject method(). But my doubt is that can we override these methods directly in our own class,so that we can achieve that serialiable concept?

80. Serialization problem: IOException in writeObject()    coderanch.com

Can you also tell us some more about class Frame: 1) what are its non-static non-transient fields? 2) what is its super class? 3) is that class also Serializable? 4a) if so, goto step 1 for the super class 4b) if not, does that class have a constructor without parameters? For a class to be serializable, all non-static non-transient fields have ...

81. Problem with the object serialization and stream    coderanch.com

Hello, Actually i am working on the program which will serialize the vector object(using ObjectOutputStream's Class writeObject()) in the client program and in the server side i am deserializing that object by retreiving the inputstream from the request object like, request.getInputStream() but i am not getting the input Stream in the server side and if i am printing number of bytes ...

83. Deserialization issue if I have serialized object to ByteArrayOutputStream    coderanch.com

I have written following code import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.io.Serializable; class Cat implements Serializable{ private String catName; private float catWt; public Cat(){ catName = ""; catWt = 0.0f; } public String getCatName() { return catName; } public void setCatName(String catName) { this.catName = catName; } public float getCatWt() { return catWt; } public void ...

84. Problems with serialization / deserialization.    coderanch.com

Hello everyone, I've been studying the book Heard First Java. This book has a code of "BeatBox" that demonstrates how to use the serialization / deserialization to save / restore standards of "hits". Here's the part that I'm in doubt: Creating SerializeIt button: JButton serialize = new JButton("SerializeIt"); serialize.addActionListener(new MySendListener()); buttonBox.add(serialize); Inner class "listener" of SerializeIt: public class MySendListener implements ActionListener ...

85. Serializable problem in writeObject method    java-forums.org

The following command throws me a NotSerializableException. myOutputStreamObject.writeObject(_peer); Why?? The _peer is an instance of a Peer class which implements serializable interface and has a static final long serialVersionUID = 40L. Inside it i have int and String variables and two Vectors: 1) Vector ipAddresses 2) Vector adds (Advetrisment is a class which also implements Serializable and has two int variables) ...

86. Singleton serialization / deserialization    java-forums.org

87. Read and Write Serialized Object to Random Access File    forums.oracle.com

hi, i need to read and write at the same time to a file. i know about the RandomAccessFile class and the Serialization but as i look at the API documentation i can see the i will need an ObjectOUtputStream to write objects to a file which, as far as i know, i can only use FileOutputStream. i cannot use fileoutputstream ...

88. Query regarding Serialization and ByteBuffer    forums.oracle.com

89. enum serialization deserialization    forums.oracle.com

I have a weblogic 10.3.0.0 server running an enterprise app. Webstart client running a client app. I use Transferobjects to transfer data between client and server. I now added a list of enum types to one of the transferobject. The enum is in a jar file that of cause in deployed with the app on the server, and the jar file ...