customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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Hi,
I am trying to use the customized serialization of the following example but no luck so for. Could you please write the full example? How to use this code in an example? Thanks in advance.

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class Bond  // does not implement Serializable
{
    String ticker = "bac"; double coupon = 8.3; java.util.Date maturity = new Date();
}

class Portfolio implements Serializable
{
    String accountName;
    transient Bond[] bonds = new Bond[]{ }; // must be transient because Bond class does not implement Serializable
    
    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream os) throws Exception{
	os.defaultWriteObject();
	os.writeInt(bonds.length);
	//write the state of bond objects
	for(int i=0; i<bonds.length; i++) {
		os.writeObject(bonds[i].ticker); 
		os.writeDouble(bonds[i].coupon);
		os.writeObject(bonds[i].maturity);
	}
    }

    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream os) throws Exception{
	os.defaultReadObject();
	int n = os.readInt();
	this.bonds = new Bond[n];
	//read the state of bond objects.
	for(int i=0; i<bonds.length; i++) {
		bonds[i] = new Bond();
		bonds[i].ticker = (String) os.readObject();	
		bonds[i].coupon = os.readDouble();
		bonds[i].maturity = (java.util.Date) os.readObject();
	}
	
    }    
}

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Re: customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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It is complete code for the serialization/deserialization part. Where exactly are you facing a problem? Please post the exact code that you are actually trying to execute.
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Re: customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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ya, it is complete code for the serialization/deserialization part.But the problem is, i don't know how to execute it? write the data to file and read from the file. I tried this code but too many errors and don't know how to fix the code. Thanking you in advance.

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class Bond  // does not implement Serializable
{
    String ticker = "bac"; double coupon = 8.3; java.util.Date maturity = new Date();
}

class Portfolio implements Serializable
{
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5778962857540547749L;
	String accountName = "xyz";  //added xyz
   transient Bond[] bonds = new Bond[]{ }; // must be transient because Bond class does not implement Serializable
    
    //added code ******************************************************
    
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
   
	   Portfolio pfolio = new Portfolio();
   //write to a file
   try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("myMap.data")))
   {
	   ((ObjectOutput) pfolio).writeObject(oos);
   } 
   
   //read to output
   try(ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("myMap.data")))
	{
	    ((ObjectOutput) pfolio).readObject(ois);
	}
   
    //added code************************************************
    
    
    
    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream os) throws Exception{
	os.defaultWriteObject();
	os.writeInt(bonds.length);
	//write the state of bond objects
	for(int i=0; i<bonds.length; i++) {
		os.writeObject(bonds[i].ticker); 
		os.writeDouble(bonds[i].coupon);
		os.writeObject(bonds[i].maturity);
	}
    }

    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream os) throws Exception{
	os.defaultReadObject();
	int n = os.readInt();
	this.bonds = new Bond[n];
	//read the state of bond objects.
	for(int i=0; i<bonds.length; i++) {
		bonds[i] = new Bond();
		bonds[i].ticker = (String) os.readObject();	
		bonds[i].coupon = os.readDouble();
		bonds[i].maturity = (java.util.Date) os.readObject();
	}
	
    }
    
   } 
}


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This is how your main method should be:

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    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
        Portfolio pf = new Portfolio();
        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("c:\\temp\\test.ser");
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
        oos.writeObject(pf);
        oos.flush(); oos.close();fos.close();
        
        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("c:\\temp\\test.ser");
        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
        Object obj = ois.readObject();
        System.out.println(obj);
        
        
    }
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Excellent.. Thanks very much...

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Re: customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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Hi
I was just wondering if you guys can help me out.
I tried to implement this example but I doesn't print the Bond class array values.
In the writeObject() method, the bond.length = 0.
Any help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

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Please post exact code that you are trying to run.
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Re: customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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Hi I don't have my own code. I have been trying to implement the above code but when i check the bonds array length it's always 0.

Object obj = ois.readObject();
System.out.println(obj);
// how to print values of obj, it just prints "ioStream.Enthware_SerializationExample@60354949"


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package ioStream;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Date;

class Bond {
	String ticker = "ticker"; double coupon = 8.3;  java.util.Date maturity = new Date();
}

class Enthware_SerializationExample implements Serializable {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	String client = "Client XYZ";
	transient Bond[] bonds= new Bond[]{};
	
	
	public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException 
	{
		Enthware_SerializationExample  pf = new Enthware_SerializationExample();
	
		
		FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("test.ser");
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
        oos.writeObject(pf);
        oos.flush(); oos.close();fos.close();
        
        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("test.ser");
        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
        Object obj = ois.readObject();
        System.out.println(obj);
        
	}
	
	private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream os) throws Exception{
		 
		System.out.println("writing object " + bonds.length);  // why bonds.length=0 ?
		 os.defaultWriteObject();
		   os.writeInt(bonds.length);
		   //write the state of bond objects
		   for(int i=0; i<bonds.length; i++) {
		      os.writeObject(bonds[i].ticker); 
		      os.writeDouble(bonds[i].coupon);
		      os.writeObject(bonds[i].maturity);
		   }
		    }

		    private  void readObject(ObjectInputStream os) throws Exception{
		   os.defaultReadObject();
		   
		   System.out.println("Reading object");
		   
		   int n = os.readInt();
		   this.bonds = new Bond[n];
		   //read the state of bond objects.
		   for(int i=0; i<bonds.length; i++) {
		      bonds[i] = new Bond();
		      bonds[i].ticker = (String) os.readObject();   
		      bonds[i].coupon = os.readDouble();
		      bonds[i].maturity = (java.util.Date) os.readObject();
		      
		   }
		
		    }

}

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Re: customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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Well, what is the length of bonds array before saving it to the file? You will get the same length back. You have to change the code to create the bonds array of different length and initialize its elements with Bond object before serialization to get it back after deserialization. In the above code, your bonds array is of length zero, so you are getting 0 back!

To print a meaningful value using println(obj), you need to override the toString method in your class. This is OCAJP stuff :)
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Ahaaa....Okay-doke.... I got it.... Thanks very much...

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Re: customize the serialization. enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1389

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Q: What can be done so that a Portfolio object can be serialized while preserving the state of the Bond objects contained in Portfolio? 
A:
  • Just have Bond class implement Serializable.
  • Make bonds array transient in Portfolio and implement readObject and writeObject methods to read and write the state of Bond objects explicitly.
Question doesn't say "independently", so it's confusing why I need to do something else if I already make "Bond class implement Serializable"..

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Fixed.
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