If anybody knows of a website, please tell Rai Talari. There are bound to be lots, but I can't think of many at the moment.
I can think of two major reasons for serializing objects:
Storage. You can convert an object to a "series" of bytes, which are stored in a file (you can put any extension you like on it, but some people like .dat, .obj etc). Not only can you serialize the object, but you can also retrieve it. You will, however, find in many classes in Swing, for example, that serialization is only suitable for short-term storage of objects of those classes.Transmission. When you have an object in its serial form, you can send it across a network from server to server, application to application, or country to country. Most objects sent back and forth in RMI for example, are in their serial form. There is an article about RMI in the Java tutorial
here. The
"implementing" page tells us that objects are usually passed in Serializable form.
I have found a page
also in the Java tutorial, about Serialization. I hope this is of use to you.
Anybody else reading, please join in and help.
CR
