Hi Derek, Trumbo, Derek wrote:
> Hello, > > I had some trouble researching whether or not this was still an issue, so > I apologize in advance if this too commonly asked. I saw a post from a > long time ago indicating that readResolve is not called on an object that > implements Externalizable. I am experiencing the same issue (1.4.7). > Before posting code, I figured I'd ask as to the status of this issue, > whether it was thought to be fixed, or still an outstanding issue. Thanks > so much! actually it's the first time, I hear complaints about this. However, Javadoc of Externalizable explicitly states "These methods (writeExternal and readExternal) supersede customized implementations of writeObject and readObject methods." i.e. it would be wrong to call readResolve(). Cheers, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email