Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

A Useful Method of the ObjectInputStream Class

Return value Method name and argument list

Object readObject( )

reads the next object and returns it.The object read must be an

instance of a class that implements the Serializable interface.

When the end of the file is reached,an EOFException is thrown.

Also throws an IOException and ClassNotFoundException.

ObjectOutputStream

Package: java.io

Description: writes objects in a serialized format to a file

Constructor

ObjectOutputStream( OutputStream out )

creates an ObjectOutputStream that writes to the OutputStream

out.Throws an IOException.

A Useful Method of the ObjectOutputStream Class

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