Sending an object via sockets java

Question

How can I send objects of a class via sockets? As of now I'm only able to send the class members one by one via sockets and I want to send the object as a whole. Explaining with a simple example would be great. Thanks.

Answer 1

You must use the java.io.Serializable interface for the objects you want to transer.
Then ObjectInputStream or ObjectOutputStream to readObject or writeObject Eg

   InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();   
   ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(is);   
   MyObject obj = (MyObject)ois.readObject();  
   //Now use the object

    Where:  
    class MyObject implements Serializable {  
      //variables
    }