/* * @(#)Book.java 1.1 97/12/12 * * 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.*; /** * The subclass that implements Externalizable.. responsible for * saving the state of its non-Externalizable super class */ class Book extends ReadingMaterial implements Externalizable { int numpages; String name; boolean ishardcover; // other relevant information and methods // . // . // . /* * mandatory public no-arg constructor * if the superclass did not have a no-arg constructor, we would have to * give the regular constructor default values. */ public Book() { super(); } Book(int pages, String n, boolean hardcover, String author, String subject, int yearwritten) { super(author, subject, yearwritten); numpages = pages; name = n; ishardcover = hardcover; } /** * Mandatory writeExernal method. Expicitly saves the supertype's * fields and then saves this * class's fields! */ public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException { /* * Since the superclass does not implement the Serializable interface * we explicitly do the saving... Since these fields are not private * we can access them directly. If they were private, the superclass * would have to implement get methods that would allow the * subclass this necessary access for proper saving. */ out.writeObject(author); out.writeObject(subject); out.writeInt(yearwritten); // now we take care of this subclass's fields out.writeInt(numpages); out.writeObject(name); out.writeBoolean(ishardcover); } /** * Mandatory readExternal method. Explicitly restores the supertype's * fields and then restores * this class's fields */ public void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { /* * Since the superclass does not implement the Serializable interface * we explicitly do the restoring... Since these fields are not private * we can access them directly. If they were private, the superclass * would have to implement set methods that would allow the * subclass this necessary access for proper restoring. */ author = (String) in.readObject(); subject = (String) in.readObject(); yearwritten = in.readInt(); // now we take care of the subclass's fields numpages = in.readInt(); name = (String) in.readObject(); ishardcover = in.readBoolean(); } /** * Prints out the fields. used for testing! */ public String toString() { return("Name: " + name + "\n" + "Author: " + author + "\n" + "Pages: " + numpages + "\n" + "Subject: " + subject + "\n" + "Year: " + yearwritten + "\n"); } }