//: c11:MyWorld.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import java.io.*; import java.util.*; class House implements Serializable {} class Animal implements Serializable { String name; House preferredHouse; Animal(String nm, House h) { name = nm; preferredHouse = h; } public String toString() { return name + "[" + super.toString() + "], " + preferredHouse + "\n"; } } public class MyWorld { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { House house = new House(); ArrayList animals = new ArrayList(); animals.add( new Animal("Bosco the dog", house)); animals.add( new Animal("Ralph the hamster", house)); animals.add( new Animal("Fronk the cat", house)); System.out.println("animals: " + animals); ByteArrayOutputStream buf1 = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream o1 = new ObjectOutputStream(buf1); o1.writeObject(animals); o1.writeObject(animals); // Write a 2nd set // Write to a different stream: ByteArrayOutputStream buf2 = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream o2 = new ObjectOutputStream(buf2); o2.writeObject(animals); // Now get them back: ObjectInputStream in1 = new ObjectInputStream( new ByteArrayInputStream( buf1.toByteArray())); ObjectInputStream in2 = new ObjectInputStream( new ByteArrayInputStream( buf2.toByteArray())); ArrayList animals1 = (ArrayList)in1.readObject(); ArrayList animals2 = (ArrayList)in1.readObject(); ArrayList animals3 = (ArrayList)in2.readObject(); System.out.println("animals1: " + animals1); System.out.println("animals2: " + animals2); System.out.println("animals3: " + animals3); } } ///:~