Re: NotSerializableException
On 4/13/2015 9:51 PM, akkshaykhoslaa@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
My code is as follows:
File ser = new File("locationinstringform");
FileInputStream fileIn3 = new FileInputStream(ser);
ObjectInputStream objectIn3 = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn3);
myObj = (MyObj) objectIn3.readObject();
objectIn3.close();
fileIn3.close();
myObj.someFunction(x, y);
FileOutputStream fileOut3 = new FileOutputStream(ser);
ObjectOutputStream objectOut3 = new ObjectOutputStream(fileOut3);
objectOut3.writeObject(myObj);
objectOut3.close();
fileOut3.close();
When I run my code, I get an error tracing to the line that says objectOut3.writeObject(myObj);
The error is as follows:
Exception in thread "main" java.io.NotSerializableException: java.util.HashMap$KeySet
However, that MyObj class I have defined isn't a HashMap or Set, and doesn't have a HashMap or Set. It only has 2 instance objects, one of which is one is an object I coded, and the other is an ArrayList. I have made sure all classes I have coded implement the serializable interface.
Any ideas as to why the problem could be arising and what the solution is? I have been stuck for a long time so any help would be much appreciated.
Your object refers -- directly or indirectly -- to a HashMap.KeySet
instance. You mention an ArrayList: What does that list contain? Does
it, perhaps, hold a Set that turns out to be a HashMap.KeySet? Or does
it hold a Thing that refers to a Widget that refers to a Whatnot that
refers to a Gizmo that refers to a HashMap.KeySet?
Serializing an object also serializes everything the object refers
to, and everything those objects refer to, and so on through the entire
object graph.
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