Hi Peter, An inner class is actually a separate class that contains a reference to the containing class. When the class is serialized it will serialize that reference (since I presume it is not transient). If the class is static then it will not have a rreference to the containing class but that may not be suitable for other reasons.
On 2002.03.13 02:44 Peter B. West wrote: > Dear Fops, > > I'm naïve about serialization (among other things.) Can anyone tell me > whether it is possible to serialize an instance of an inner class > without implicitly serializing the containing class instance? > > Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
