/* * @(#)Nonexternsuper.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.*; /** * When using the Externalizable Interface, an externalizable object * must implement a writeExternal method to save the state of the object. * It must also explicitly coordinate with its supertype to save its state. * This simple example shows how to do this for an object whose supertype * is NOT externalizable. * * * How to Run: * Compile the file: javac Nonexternsuper.java * Then run: java Nonexternsuper.java * * This should print out a book object before and after serialization. * * * Tested and compiled on JDK 1.1 & JDK 1.2. */ public class Nonexternsuper { /** * Create an Book (subclass of reading material) object, serialize it, * deserialize it and see that they are the same. So, basically test that * this Externalizable example's works */ public static void main(String args[]) { // create a Book object Book bookorg = new Book(100, "How to Serialize", true, "R.R", "Serialization", 97); Book booknew = null; //serialize the book try { FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream("tmp"); ObjectOutputStream so = new ObjectOutputStream(fo); so.writeObject(bookorg); so.flush(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); System.exit(1); } // de-serialize the Book try { FileInputStream fi = new FileInputStream("tmp"); ObjectInputStream si = new ObjectInputStream(fi); booknew = (Book) si.readObject(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); System.exit(1); } /* * Print out the original and new book information * It should be the same if we did everything correctly! */ System.out.println(); System.out.println("Printing original book..."); System.out.println(bookorg); System.out.println("Printing new book... "); System.out.println(booknew); System.out.println("Both original and new should be the same!"); System.out.println(); } }