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A query regarding serialization in Java

 
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Hi,

I am Muthi. I was learning about serialization and came across this code.

import java.io.*;

class Collar {
private int collarSize;

public Collar(int size) {
collarSize = size;
}

public int getCollarSize() {
return collarSize;
}

public void setCollarSize(int size) {
collarSize = size;
}
}

class Dog implements Serializable {
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private transient Collar theCollar;
private int dogSize;

public Dog(Collar c, int size) {
theCollar = c;
dogSize = size;
}

private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream oos) throws Exception {
try {
oos.defaultWriteObject();
oos.writeInt(theCollar.getCollarSize());
oos.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
//e.printStackTrace();
}
}

private void readObject(ObjectInputStream ois) throws Exception {
try {
ois.defaultReadObject();
theCollar = new Collar(ois.readInt());
ois.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
//e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public Collar getCollar() {
return theCollar;
}

public int getDogSize() {
return dogSize;
}

public void setDogSize(int size) {
dogSize = size;
}

}

public class serializeDog {
public static void main(String[] args) {

Collar c = new Collar(6);
Dog d = new Dog(c, 7);
System.out.println("** Dog Size :" + d.getDogSize() + ", Collar Size :"
+ c.getCollarSize());

try {
FileOutputStream bbb = new FileOutputStream("objects.txt");
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bbb);
oos.writeObject(d);
//oos.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
//ex.printStackTrace();
}
d.setDogSize(23);
c.setCollarSize(99);
System.out.println("Serialization Done!");
System.out.println("Dog " + d.getDogSize() + ", collar :"
+ c.getCollarSize());

try {
FileInputStream aaa = new FileInputStream("objects.txt");
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(aaa);
d = (Dog) ois.readObject();
//ois.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {
//ex.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println("deSerialization Done!");
System.out.println("**** Dog Size :" + d.getDogSize()
+ ", Collar Size :" + d.getCollar().getCollarSize());
}
}

OUTPUT:

** Dog Size :7, Collar Size :6
Serialization Done!
Dog 23, collar :99
deSerialization Done!
**** Dog Size :23, Collar Size :99

As you can see in the code initially the collar size is 6 and dog size is 7 follwing which serialization is done. The values of collar size and dog size are then changed to 99 and 23 respectively. After the values are changed, deserialization is being done. When you look at the output you see the values of collar size and dog size are 99 and 23 but when the object was serialized it contained values 6 and 7. How and why is this happening?
 
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Please remove the comments in catch blocks and rerun the code. You will get the answer
And please use code tag to post the code

 
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Please QuoteYourSources and remember that serialization is no longer on the exam.
 
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Howdy Muthi, welcome to JavaRanch.

Please UseCodeTags when you post a code. It's unnecessarily hard to read the code otherwise.
Please edit your post to add code tags by clicking the button.
 
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Wouter Oet said "Please QuoteYourSources and remember that serialization is no longer on the exam."



I think serialization is very much there for the exam.
 
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KrishnaPrasad raghavan wrote:I think serialization is very much there for the exam.


Serialization is not on the SCJP objectives now, so you don't need to study it for the purpose of the exam...
 
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Serialization is not a part of Java 1.6 exam
 
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