ObjectOutputStream example leads to non-working code

Name: rmT116609 Date: 11/24/2003


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The documentation includes an example which leads to code that doesnt work, and infact destroys a serialized file while reading it.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("t.tmp");
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);

oos.writeInt(12345);
oos.writeObject("Today");
oos.writeObject(new Date());

oos.close();
fos.close(); //This line must be added
ACTUAL -
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("t.tmp");
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);

oos.writeInt(12345);
oos.writeObject("Today");
oos.writeObject(new Date());

oos.close();


URL OF FAULTY DOCUMENTATION :
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/ObjectOutputStream.html
(Incident Review ID: 227388)
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