The following program illustrates how to use object serialization and deserialization.
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.io.Serializable; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { // Object serialization try (ObjectOutputStream objOStrm = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("serial"))) { MyClass object1 = new MyClass("Hello", -7, 2.7e10); System.out.println("object1: " + object1); objOStrm.writeObject(object1);/*from ww w . j a v a2 s . c o m*/ } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("Exception during serialization: " + e); } // Object de-serialization try (ObjectInputStream objIStrm = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("serial"))) { MyClass object2 = (MyClass) objIStrm.readObject(); System.out.println("object2: " + object2); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception during deserialization: " + e); } } } class MyClass implements Serializable { String s; int i; double d; public MyClass(String s, int i, double d) { this.s = s; this.i = i; this.d = d; } public String toString() { return "s=" + s + "; i=" + i + "; d=" + d; } }