serialization & synchronization

[juanferman]

After many different definitions, can someone give a final simple answer to..

What is the difference between serialization and synchronization?

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: Juan F. Sarria

 

[sedj]

serialization :
Converting a Java class to transportable byte code at runtime so that a class may (more usually) be distributed over a network, (or more unusually) saved to a file, or in a database.

synchronization :
A means by which certain chuncks of code may be considered "thread-safe" - ie only one thread may access the synchronized code at a time.

The two are completely separate.

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[juanferman]

Thanks sedj

By the way, do you have some practical small sample ?


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: Juan F. Sarria

 

[sedj]

serialization :
Ahhh, the joys of google ("serialization") !!

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/serialization.html

synchronization :

void myMethod() {
  int a = 1;
  a += 10;
  int b = 0;
  synchronized(this) {
    b = a;
  }

  b += 10;
}

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