DAO-Serializable

java.io.Serializable

Serializability of a class is enabled by the class implementing the java.io.Serializable
 interface. Classes that do not implement this interface will not have any of their state
 serialized or deserialized. All subtypes of a serializable class are themselves serializable.
 The serialization interface has no methods or fields and serves only to identify the
 semantics of being serializable.
To allow subtypes of non-serializable classes to be serialized, the subtype may assume
 responsibility for saving and restoring the state of the supertype's public, protected, and (if
 accessible) package fields. The subtype may assume this responsibility only if the class it
 extends has an accessible no-arg constructor to initialize the class's state. It is an error to
 declare a class Serializable if this is not the case. The error will be detected at runtime.
During deserialization, the fields of non-serializable classes will be initialized using the
 public or protected no-arg constructor of the class. A no-arg constructor must be
 accessible to the subclass that is serializable. The fields of serializable subclasses will be
 restored from the stream.
When traversing a graph, an object may be encountered that does not support the
 Serializable interface. In this case the NotSerializableException will be thrown and will
 identify the class of the non-serializable object.
Classes that require special handling during the serialization and deserialization process
 must implement special methods with these exact signatures:

 private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)
     throws IOException
 private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
     throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
 
The writeObject method is responsible for writing the state of the object for its particular
 class so that the corresponding readObject method can restore it. The default mechanism
 for saving the Object's fields can be invoked by calling out.defaultWriteObject. The method
 does not need to concern itself with the state belonging to its superclasses or subclasses.
 State is saved by writing the individual fields to the ObjectOutputStream using the
 writeObject method or by using the methods for primitive data types supported by
 DataOutput.
The readObject method is responsible for reading from the stream and restoring the classes
 fields. It may call in.defaultReadObject to invoke the default mechanism for restoring the
 object's non-static and non-transient fields. The defaultReadObject method uses information
 in the stream to assign the fields of the object saved in the stream with the correspondingly
 named fields in the current object. This handles the case when the class has evolved to add
 new fields. The method does not need to concern itself with the state belonging to its
 superclasses or subclasses. State is saved by writing the individual fields to the
 ObjectOutputStream using the writeObject method or by using the methods for primitive
 data types supported by DataOutput.
Serializable classes that need to designate an alternative object to be used when writing an
 object to the stream should implement this special method with the exact signature:

 ANY-ACCESS-MODIFIER Object writeReplace() throws ObjectStreamException;
 
This writeReplace method is invoked by serialization if the method exists and it would be
 accessible from a method defined within the class of the object being serialized. Thus, the
 method can have private, protected and package-private access. Subclass access to this
 method follows java accessibility rules.
Classes that need to designate a replacement when an instance of it is read from the
 stream should implement this special method with the exact signature.

 ANY-ACCESS-MODIFIER Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException;
 
This readResolve method follows the same invocation rules and accessibility rules as
 writeReplace.
See Also:
 java.io.ObjectOutputStream
 java.io.ObjectInputStream
 java.io.ObjectOutput
 java.io.ObjectInput
 java.io.Externalizable
@author
 unascribed
@version
 1.20, 01/23/03
@since
 JDK1.1