Serialization is the process of saving an object's state to a sequence of bytes; deserialization is the process of rebuilding those bytes into a live object. The Java Serialization API provides a ...

The Java SE 6 documentation on Object Serialization states the following about the uses of Java serialization: Serialization is used for lightweight persistence and for communication via sockets ...

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 ...

The question clearly activated a long-held antipathy for Java object serialization, which is the process of converting an object into a stream of bytes for transport and storage. Deserialization ...

Oracle plans to drop support for data serialization/deserialization from the main body of the Java language, according to Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java ...

The vulnerability is part of a class of bugs that stem from Java object deserialization and which security researchers have warned about a year ago.

Choosing your own version of serialization If you've ever used serialization in Java, the first thing you probably noticed is how easy it is to code.

A Java string is a sequence of characters that exists as an object of the class java.lang. Java strings are created and manipulated through the string class. Once created, a string is immutable -- its ...

The vulnerability is part of a class of bugs that stem from Java object deserialization and which security researchers have warned about a year ago.