Java tutorial
// : c12:MyWorld.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; class House implements Serializable { } class Animal implements Serializable { private String name; private House preferredHouse; Animal(String nm, House h) { name = nm; preferredHouse = h; } public String toString() { return name + "[" + super.toString() + "], " + preferredHouse + "\n"; } } public class MyWorld { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { House house = new House(); List animals = new ArrayList(); animals.add(new Animal("Bosco the dog", house)); animals.add(new Animal("Ralph the hamster", house)); animals.add(new Animal("Fronk the cat", house)); System.out.println("animals: " + animals); ByteArrayOutputStream buf1 = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream o1 = new ObjectOutputStream(buf1); o1.writeObject(animals); o1.writeObject(animals); // Write a 2nd set // Write to a different stream: ByteArrayOutputStream buf2 = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream o2 = new ObjectOutputStream(buf2); o2.writeObject(animals); // Now get them back: ObjectInputStream in1 = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(buf1.toByteArray())); ObjectInputStream in2 = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(buf2.toByteArray())); List animals1 = (List) in1.readObject(), animals2 = (List) in1.readObject(), animals3 = (List) in2.readObject(); System.out.println("animals1: " + animals1); System.out.println("animals2: " + animals2); System.out.println("animals3: " + animals3); } } ///:~