//: c11:Logon.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Demonstrates the "transient" keyword. import java.io.*; import java.util.*; class Logon implements Serializable { private Date date = new Date(); private String username; private transient String password; Logon(String name, String pwd) { username = name; password = pwd; } public String toString() { String pwd = (password == null) ? "(n/a)" : password; return "logon info: \n " + "username: " + username + "\n date: " + date + "\n password: " + pwd; } public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { Logon a = new Logon("Hulk", "myLittlePony"); System.out.println( "logon a = " + a); ObjectOutputStream o = new ObjectOutputStream( new FileOutputStream("Logon.out")); o.writeObject(a); o.close(); // Delay: int seconds = 5; long t = System.currentTimeMillis() + seconds * 1000; while(System.currentTimeMillis() < t) ; // Now get them back: ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream( new FileInputStream("Logon.out")); System.out.println( "Recovering object at " + new Date()); a = (Logon)in.readObject(); System.out.println( "logon a = " + a); } } ///:~