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Serialization is the process of converting a Java object into a sequence of bytes so they can be written to disk, sent over a network, or stored outside of memory. Later, the Java virtual machine (JVM ...

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...