Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition [Electronic resources]

This exception should be thrown by the validateObject( ) method of an object that implements the ObjectInputValidation interface when a deserialized object fails an input validation test for any reason.

public class 
InvalidObjectException  extends ObjectStreamException {
// Public Constructors
public 
InvalidObjectException (String 
reason );  
}

Thrown By

ObjectInputStream.registerValidation( ), ObjectInputValidation.validateObject( ), java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.readResolve( ), java.text.DateFormat.Field.readResolve( ), java.text.MessageFormat.Field.readResolve( ), java.text.NumberFormat.Field.readResolve( )