The ververify tool when run on JDK1.1.6 detected the addition of the following persistent fields in java.text.DecimalFormat and java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols.
These were not in JDK1.1.5. Please look at http://jse/serial/compat/index.html
for info on serialization compatibility..



In Class java.text.DecimalFormat
Change: persistent field added -> serialVersionOnStream
Change: persistent field added -> useExponentialNotation
Change: persistent field added -> minExponentDigits

In Class java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols
Change: persistent field added -> serialVersionOnStream
Change: persistent field added -> monetarySeparator
Change: persistent field added -> exponential