//: c10:xfiles:ThawAlien.java
// From Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition
// Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com
// (c) Bruce Eckel 1999
// Copyright notice in Copyright.txt
// Try to recover a serialized file without the 
// class of object that's stored in that file.
package c10.xfiles;
import java.io.*;

public class ThawAlien {
  public static void main(String[] args) 
      throws Exception {
    ObjectInputStream in =
      new ObjectInputStream(
        new FileInputStream("file.x"));
    Object mystery = in.readObject();
    System.out.println(
      mystery.getClass().toString());
  }
} ///:~