Class como.io.ObjectInputStream 
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Class como.io.ObjectInputStream 

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.io.InputStream
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           +----java.io.FilterInputStream
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                   +----java.io.DataInputStream
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                           +----como.io.ObjectInputStream
public class ObjectInputStream
extends DataInputStream
An ObjectInputStream is used to write Objects to a Stream. It can load every Object that implements Saveable and which was saved with the ObjectOutputStream! You can even recursively load/save Objects. I.e. an object may call writeObject( my_object ) in it's save()-method!

Constructor Index

o ObjectInputStream(InputStream)

Method Index

o readObject()
Reads an Object from the ObjectInputStream.
o readString()
Reads a String from the ObjectInputStream.

Constructors

o ObjectInputStream 
  public ObjectInputStream(InputStream in)

Methods

o readString 
  public String readString() throws IOException
Reads a String from the ObjectInputStream. You don't have to draw attention to the length. It will be automatically correct!
Returns:
the String that was loaded
o readObject 
  public Object readObject() throws IOException
Reads an Object from the ObjectInputStream. It reads every Object that implements Saveable. And some other basic Classes like Hashtable, Integer, byte[], int[], Boolean, Point, Dimension.
Returns:
the Object that was loaded 
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