Externalizable (RoboVM Runtime Library 2.3.16 API)

All Superinterfaces:: Serializable

public interface Externalizable
extends Serializable

Defines an interface for classes that want to be serializable, but have their own binary representation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`readExternal(ObjectInput input)`	Reads the next object from the ObjectInput `input`.
`void`	`writeExternal(ObjectOutput output)`	Writes the receiver to the ObjectOutput `output`.

Method Details
- readExternal
  
  void readExternal(ObjectInput input) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
  
  Reads the next object from the ObjectInput input.
  
  Parameters:
  
  input - the ObjectInput from which the next object is read.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an error occurs attempting to read from input.
  
  ClassNotFoundException - if the class of the instance being loaded cannot be found.
- writeExternal
  
  void writeExternal(ObjectOutput output) throws IOException
  
  Writes the receiver to the ObjectOutput output.
  
  Parameters:
  
  output - the ObjectOutput to write the object to.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - if an error occurs attempting to write to output.