Name: ksC84122 Date: 03/22/2000


  
The javadoc says:
 
 Class java.awt.Font implements Serializable

 Serialization Methods

readObject

private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s)
                 throws ClassNotFoundException,
                        IOException

      Read the ObjectInputStream and if it isnt null add a listener to receive item events fired by the Font.
Unrecognised keys or values
      will be Ignored.
      See Also:
            removeActionListener(), addActionListener()

writeObject

private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s)
                  throws ClassNotFoundException,
                         IOException

      Writes default serializable fields to stream. Writes a list of serializable ItemListener(s) as
      optional data. The non-serializable ItemListner(s) are detected and no attempt is made to serialize
      them.
      Serial Data:
            Null terminated sequence of 0 or more pairs. The pair consists of a String and Object. The
            String indicates the type of object and is one of the following : itemListenerK indicating and
            ItemListener object.
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However, java.awt.Font does not have any listeners, and implementation of readObject() and writeObject()
in JDK does not depend on listener pairs as optional data.

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