| The serialized form is the specification of a class' serialization
state.
It consists of the following information:
1. Whether class is Serializable or Externalizable.
2. Javadoc for serialization methods.
a. For Serializable, the optional readObject, writeObject,
readResolve and writeReplace.
serialData tag describes, in prose, the sequence and type
of optional data written by writeObject.
b. For Externalizable, writeExternal and readExternal.
serialData tag describes, in prose, the sequence and type
of optional data written by writeExternal.
3. Javadoc for serialization data layout.
a. For Serializable, the name,type and description
of each Serializable fields.
b. For Externalizable, data layout is described by 2(b).
since: 1.2 author: Joe Fialli author: Neal Gafter (rewrite but not too proud) |