/* * @(#)EvolutionExampleEvolvedClass.java 1.1 97/11/18 * * Copyright (c) 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. * * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Sun * Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You shall not * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered into * with Sun. * * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE * SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES * SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING * THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES. * * */ import java.io.*; import java.util.*; /** * When Java objects use serialization to store objects, the potential arises * that the version of the class reading the data is different from the version * of class that wrote that data * * This example demonstratres some of the compatible changes that Serialization * handles without class-specific methods * * For directions of How to Run: see the Original Class file. * * Compiled and Tested with JDK1.2 * This file contains the evolved class. * The original class is in file called EvolutionExampleOriginalClass.java */ public class EvolutionExampleEvolvedClass { /** * There are two options: either a user can serialize an object or * deserialize it. (using the -s or -d flag). These options allow * for the demonstration of bidirection readability and writeability * between the original and the evolved class. In other words, * one can serialize an object here and deserialize it with the evolved * class or vice versa. */ public static void main(String args[]) { AClass serializeclass = new AClass(20, "serializedByEvolvedClass"); AClass deserializeclass = null; boolean serialize = false; boolean deserialize = false; /* * see if we are serializing or deserializing. * The ability to deserialize or serialize allows * us to see the bidirectional readability and writeability */ if (args.length == 1) { if (args[0].equals("-d")) { deserialize = true; } else if (args[0].equals("-s")) { serialize = true; } else { usage(); System.exit(0); } } else { usage(); System.exit(0); } /* * Serialize the original class if that's the option chosen */ if (serialize) { try { FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream("evolve.tmp"); ObjectOutputStream so = new ObjectOutputStream(fo); so.writeObject(serializeclass); so.flush(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); System.exit(1); } } /* * Deserialize, if that's the option chosen and print the name * of the object, which will allow us to see who serialized the * object, the original class or the evolved class file */ if (deserialize) { try { FileInputStream fi = new FileInputStream("evolve.tmp"); ObjectInputStream si = new ObjectInputStream(fi); deserializeclass = (AClass) si.readObject(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); System.exit(1); } /* * Print out to see that it is indeed the same object as it was * when it was serialized (depending on whether it was the original * class that serialized it or the evolved class) */ System.out.println("Now printing deserialized object's name: "); System.out.println(); System.out.println("name: " + deserializeclass.name); System.out.println(); } } /** * Prints out the usage */ static void usage() { System.out.println("Usage:"); System.out.println(" -s (in order to serialize)"); System.out.println(" -d (in order to deserialize)"); } } /** * Evolved Class * Has the following compatible changes * 1) add a field * 2) change a access to a field (for example -> public to private) * 3) Remove the writeObject/readObject methods * 4) change a static field to non-static - this is equivalent to adding * a field. * Compatible changes that are NOT demonstrated by this example * 1) Adding classes/Removing classes * 2) Adding writeObject/readObject methods */ class AClass implements Serializable { // mandatory suid field (gotten using serialver on the original Aclass) static final long serialVersionUID = -6756364686697947626L; // Change: removed the private int num; // Change: added this field boolean b; String name; // Change: removed the static.. so this field will now be serialized // equivalent to adding a field Hashtable ht = new Hashtable(); // ... // ... // ... AClass(int n, String s) { num = n; name = s; boolean b = true; } // some methods... // ... // ... // Removed the writeObject and readObject methods. // These can be added as well as removed in evolution. }