Java Tips - Serializing an Object

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Serializing an Object

Serializing/Deserializing objects is very useful if you want to use a Java object in the future. The following code shows how to serialize an object.


Object object = new String("Hello World");

    

try {



    // Serialize to a file

    ObjectOutput out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("filename.ser"));

    out.writeObject(object);

    out.close();



} catch (IOException e) {

    e.printStackTrace();

}