http://www.javaworld.com/community/taxonomy/term/1299 Taxonomy in convenient list form en-US http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/2915 <p><em>Serialization</em> is the process of saving an object's state to a sequence of bytes; <em>deserialization</em> is the process of rebuilding those bytes into a live object. The Java Serialization API provides a standard mechanism for developers to handle object serialization. In this tip, you will see how to serialize an object, and why serialization is sometimes necessary. You'll learn about the serialization algorithm used in Java, and see an example that illustrates the serialized format of an object. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/2915"><br /><br />Read more ...</a></span> http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/2915#comments algorithm core java Java tips serialization Thu, 07 May 2009 15:28:54 -0400 javatips 2915 at http://www.javaworld.com/community