Our deserialization tools are comprised of standard C++ tools and a few small functions we build in exercises here. We start by re-visiting two key C++ utilities discussed in a previous lab, the and …

In order to serialize an object in Java, the marker interface Serializable should be implemented by the class of the object or it should inherit a Serializable class.

Stream class (see Fig. 7.7). If we would validate the object directly after readObject() has finished its work it may already be too late. However, if serialization is performed by a framework class working …

q A class implements the Cloneable interface to indicate to the Object.clone() method that it is legal for that method to make a field-for-field copy of instances of that class.

Here we introduce the File class, reading and writing binary files, and using the Serializable interface. The File class is part of the java.io package. The class contains methods that allow you to check …

Since this pattern is not compatible with extendable classes (as it is tied to the original class), it is recommended to use serialization proxy pattern instead of writing readObject() and writeObject() on …

The class must be visible at the point of serialization. The implements clause acts as a tag indicating the possibility of serializing the objects of the class.