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Subject: RE: Question re: Object Serialization?
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 15:11:54 +0930
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From: "Nick Lothian" <nlothian@educationau.edu.au>
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>=20
> Hey forgive the naive question guys, but does the Java=20
> serialization spec specify things to a level of detail that=20
> will allow objects serialized on one JVM to be unserialized=20
> by a different JVM? That is, will one be able to share=20
> objects between Harmony and the Sun JVM, or others?
>=20

Yes it is that detailed.

> Just curious, as I haven't really heard much about this=20
> point. On the surface it seems like you would expect this to=20
> "just work" but I wonder...
>=20
>=20

Wonder no more - see
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/ClassFile.doc.htm
l

Nick


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