serialization and VM

[M Mistroni]

hi all,
suddenly i m having a doubt about serialization and cannot find answers on the net.
If i serialize an object using JVM1, and then try to deserialize it using JVM2, will it work?
i mean, serialization / deserialization works across different java virtual machines?
i m guessing that answer is yes...

thanks and regards
marco

[Mujahid Al-okaidi]

I remember a question on this in the exam and I think the answer was yes.

[Antonio Tercero]

Yes, it works.
When you serialize an object to a file in one JVM you can deserialize that object from another JVM (simply reading the file).

[Deepak Bala]

Originally posted by M Mistroni:
hi all,
suddenly i m having a doubt about serialization and cannot find answers on the net.
If i serialize an object using JVM1, and then try to deserialize it using JVM2, will it work?
i mean, serialization / deserialization works across different java virtual machines?
i m guessing that answer is yes...

thanks and regards
marco

Yes you can do that. That is the purpose of serialization. You can also serialize and deserialize across different versions of the JVM as long as the serialversionuid is overridden and the JVM loading the class has a version that is the same or higher than the JVM that serialized the class.