Name: krT82822 Date: 03/27/99


orig synopsis: "ObjectOutputStream documentation incorrect in stating class of object is written"

In the online documentation of the 1.2 Core API Specification in:
 
 file:/local/java/jdk1.2/docs/api/java/io/ObjectOutputStream.html
 
 it states:
 
   The default serialization mechanism for an object writes the class of the
   object, the class signature, and the values of all non-transient and
   non-static fields
 
 The phrase "writes the class of the object" is not true. The class is not
 written to the stream. If I serialize an instance of class A into a stream,
 remove A.class and deserialize the stream, the deseialization is aborted as
 class A cannot be found. If the class was written to the stream, this
 wouldn't happen.
 
 Regards
 Huw Evans
(Review ID: 56183)
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