public final void writeObject(Object x) throws IOException

public final Object readObject() throws IOException,

                                 ClassNotFoundException

public class Employee implements java.io.Serializable

{

   public String name;

   public String address;

   public transient int SSN;

   public int number;

   public void mailCheck()

   {

      System.out.println("Mailing a check to " + name

                           + " " + address);

   }

}

import java.io.*;

public class SerializeDemo

{

   public static void main(String [] args)

   {

      Employee e = new Employee();

      e.name = "Reyan Ali";

      e.address = "Phokka Kuan, Ambehta Peer";

      e.SSN = 11122333;

      e.number = 101;

      try

      {

         FileOutputStream fileOut =

         new FileOutputStream("/tmp/employee.ser");

         ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(fileOut);

         out.writeObject(e);

         out.close();

         fileOut.close();

         System.out.printf("Serialized data is saved in /tmp/employee.ser");

      }catch(IOException i)

      {

          i.printStackTrace();

      }

   }

}

import java.io.*;

public class DeserializeDemo

{

   public static void main(String [] args)

   {

      Employee e = null;

      try

      {

         FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream("/tmp/employee.ser");

         ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(fileIn);

         e = (Employee) in.readObject();

         in.close();

         fileIn.close();

      }catch(IOException i)

      {

         i.printStackTrace();

         return;

      }catch(ClassNotFoundException c)

      {

         System.out.println("Employee class not found");

         c.printStackTrace();

         return;

      }

      System.out.println("Deserialized Employee...");

      System.out.println("Name: " + e.name);

      System.out.println("Address: " + e.address);

      System.out.println("SSN: " + e.SSN);

      System.out.println("Number: " + e.number);

    }

}