about serialisation

[saravana kumar]

what is the difference between serialisation and externalisation? when do we go for externalisation and serialisation? write in detail pls...

[Snigdha Solanki]

This question has been asked before. Please search for this in "I/O and Streams" forum.
Check this out:
http://www.coderanch.com/t/275384/Streams/java/serialization-externalization
[ July 09, 2002: Message edited by: Snigdha Solanki ]
Marilyn edited the link to be a valid link.
[ July 09, 2002: Message edited by: Marilyn de Queiroz ]

[Mark Herschberg]

That link doesn not work.
--Mark

[Snigdha Solanki]

Thanks Marilyn for editing the link.

[Ranjith. B]

hi
In Serialization there is a default implementation for the serialization process,the class itself take care of that.
In externalaization User can implement their own way of serialization process using readExtern() and writeExtern() method.