This class represents a class that is being serialized. An ObjectStreamClass object contains the name of a class, its unique version identifier, and the name and type of the fields that constitute the serialization format for the class. getSerialVersionUID( ) returns a unique version identifier for the class. It returns either the value of the private serialVersionUID field of the class or a computed value that is based upon the public API of the class. In Java 1.2 and later, getFields( ) returns an array of ObjectStreamField objects that represent the names and types of the fields of the class to be serialized. getField( ) returns a single ObjectStreamField object that represents a single named field. By default, these methods use all the fields of a class except those that are static or transient. However, this default set of fields can be overridden by declaring a private serialPersistentFields field in the class. The value of this field should be the desired array of ObjectStreamField objects.
ObjectStreamClass class does not have a constructor; you should use the static lookup( ) method to obtain an ObjectStreamClass object for a given Class object. The forClass( ) instance method performs the opposite operation; it returns the Class object that corresponds to a given ObjectStreamClass. Most applications never need to use this class.
public classObjectStreamClass implements Serializable { // No Constructor // Public Constants
1.2 public static final ObjectStreamField[ ]
NO_FIELDS ; // Public Class Methods public static ObjectStreamClass
lookup (Class<?>
cl ); // Public Instance Methods public Class<?>
forClass ( );
1.2 public ObjectStreamField
getField (String
name );
1.2 public ObjectStreamField[ ]
getFields ( ); public String
getName ( ); public long
getSerialVersionUID ( ); // Public Methods Overriding Object public String
toString ( ); }
ObjectInputStream.resolveClass( ), ObjectOutputStream.writeClassDescriptor( )
ObjectInputStream.readClassDescriptor( ), ObjectInputStream.GetField.getObjectStreamClass( )