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[ElvisUntot]

is it possible to serialize the main() class?

if anyone could do a bit of magic and provide some code, i would be very happy.

 

[sedj]

I'm not really up on serialisation, but as I understood it, once you implemented the Serializable class -then this made your entire class (including main()) serializable ...

Ben

 

[ElvisUntot]

i do think the same thing, but i do not know how to write the code.

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i think i got a few steps further, i can serialize objects, but i can not cast an class into an object....

SerializeAndDeserializeDate.java:9: main(java.lang.String[]) in SerializeAndDeserializeDate cannot be applied to ()
                        Object x = (Object) main();
                                            ^

 

[sedj]

can you show me your code so far ...

 

[wushutwist]

ElvisUntot wrote:
i think i got a few steps further, i can serialize objects, but i can not cast an class into an object....

Your problem is that you are trying to put the results of a call to main(String[]) (an incorrect call btw) into an Object. main(String[]) returns void, this means that the results can never be stored in an Object. Serialization has nothing to do with methods. Serialization is strictly a way of persisting the state of objects. A method is not an object, it is merely an operation that can be performed on objects. It makes no sense to try and serialize a method.

 

[ElvisUntot]

>Serialization is strictly a way of persisting the state of objects. A method is not an object, it is merely an operation that can be performed on objects. It makes no sense to try and serialize a method.

Ok. Now I know what was wrong.

Thank you!