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Asked: 2026-05-24T13:12:24+00:00

Possible Duplicate: What is object serialization? I know the details of how the JVM

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What is object serialization?

I know the details of how the JVM does the serialization of object graphs. What I am more interested in is the use of serialization? What was the necessity that drove the specification of serialization? More specifically, what practical uses does serialization have these days? Is is used as a means to store the data? Or is it used to send data across the network?

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    Very simple. Suppose you have object graph and want to store it in file and then read it back. The luck of java programmer is that he/she does not have to implement gory details of field-by-field writing and reading the data. If whole graph is consists of serializable objects java does this work for you.

    The same is relevant if 2 applications exchange the data.

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