//: c11:Worm.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Demonstrates object serialization. import java.io.*; class Data implements Serializable { private int i; Data(int x) { i = x; } public String toString() { return Integer.toString(i); } } public class Worm implements Serializable { // Generate a random int value: private static int r() { return (int)(Math.random() * 10); } private Data[] d = { new Data(r()), new Data(r()), new Data(r()) }; private Worm next; private char c; // Value of i == number of segments Worm(int i, char x) { System.out.println(" Worm constructor: " + i); c = x; if(--i > 0) next = new Worm(i, (char)(x + 1)); } Worm() { System.out.println("Default constructor"); } public String toString() { String s = ":" + c + "("; for(int i = 0; i < d.length; i++) s += d[i].toString(); s += ")"; if(next != null) s += next.toString(); return s; } // Throw exceptions to console: public static void main(String[] args) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException { Worm w = new Worm(6, 'a'); System.out.println("w = " + w); ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream( new FileOutputStream("worm.out")); out.writeObject("Worm storage"); out.writeObject(w); out.close(); // Also flushes output ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream( new FileInputStream("worm.out")); String s = (String)in.readObject(); Worm w2 = (Worm)in.readObject(); System.out.println(s + ", w2 = " + w2); ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream out2 = new ObjectOutputStream(bout); out2.writeObject("Worm storage"); out2.writeObject(w); out2.flush(); ObjectInputStream in2 = new ObjectInputStream( new ByteArrayInputStream( bout.toByteArray())); s = (String)in2.readObject(); Worm w3 = (Worm)in2.readObject(); System.out.println(s + ", w3 = " + w3); } } ///:~