It tells the serialization mechanism that the class can be serialized. Now that you have made the class eligible for serialization, the next step is to actually serialize the object.

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

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For example, an attacker could craft a serialized object that includes a Java class that the application accepts and which could be abused for something malicious.