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When Do We Need Serialization in Java?

Robert Thorne • • 7 min read
When Do We Need Serialization in Java?

Serialization is usually used When the need arises to send your data over network or stored in files. By data I mean objects and not text. Now the problem is your Network infrastructure and your Hard disk are hardware components that understand bits and bytes

bits and bytes
Converting a sequence of bytes to a Unicode string is done by calling the decode() method on that str (in Python 2. x) or bytes (Python 3. x) object. If you actually have a list of bytes, then, to get this object, you can use ''.
but not JAVA objects.

When should I use serialization in Java?

Serialization in Java allows us to convert an Object to stream that we can send over the network or save it as file or store in DB for later usage. Deserialization is the process of converting Object stream to actual Java Object to be used in our program.

What is purpose of serialization in Java?

Serialization is simply turning an existing object into a byte array. This byte array represents the class of the object, the version of the object, and the internal state of the object. This byte array can then be used between JVM's running the same code to transmit/read the object.

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Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.