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Java

Javique Ryan
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Serialization in Java

Why do i need to serialize my objects in java programming? Is Serialization the only way to save objects?

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Jonathan Hermansen
Jonathan Hermansen
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Jonathan Hermansen
Jonathan Hermansen
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Serialization lets us read/write objects from/to a file. You need to serialize an object to be able to write it to a file, and you have to deserialize an object to be able to read it from a file. After you write a serialized object into a file, you can read it by deserializing it; then the type information and bytes that represent the object and its data can be used to recreate the object in memory. That let's us serialize on one platform and deserialize on another entirely different platform, since it's JVM independent.

About alternatives to serialization, I think this could help you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/239280/which-is-the-best-alternative-for-java-serialization