Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is necessary for serialization, although it is usually a private > field. ALL classes in classpath which implement java.io.Serializable > should declare this field, and it should match the results of running > Sun's serialver tool on that class; otherwise, Classpath will not be > compatible for serialization. java.io.ObjectStream uses the value of > this field to see if two class versions are compatible. This field is > needed in Classpath even when Sun's jar does not have the > field. (Interfaces which extend Serializable do not need this field).
Thank you Eric, I however had to run the serialver tool on a i386/solaris8 system (I didn't want to install sun's SDK on my computer, just for the serialver tool). Does the output match every system ? Is there a posibility that there are different serialVersionUIDs for different systems? Thank you, Giannis _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
