I had the same problem with Strings in serialization. I think the limit is
around 60000 characters in a string that is to be serialized.
Ravi
Erez Bashan wrote:
> > is there any restriction on how many characters a String can hold?
>
> AFAIK, yes and no ...
>
> No, there is no restriction when working on simple hello world programs.
> Yes, there is a restriction. When you serialize some data, only the first
> <could someone fill this in> characters of the string are being serialized !
> I was amazed to find that out. So, be careful when saving objects to file,
> using RMI, storing them in sessions, and much more ...
>
> As a guide, I try to keep my strings simple and short, and use StringBuffers
> for anything else.
>
> Erez
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