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Uses of Interface
java.io.Serializable

Packages that use Serializable

java.io	Provides for system input and output through data streams, serialization and the file system.
java.lang	Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language.
java.lang.reflect	Provides classes and interfaces for obtaining reflective information about classes and objects.
java.math	Provides classes for performing arbitrary-precision integer arithmetic (BigInteger) and arbitrary-precision decimal arithmetic (BigDecimal).
java.net	Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
java.security	Provides the classes and interfaces for the security framework.
java.security.acl	The classes and interfaces in this package have been superseded by classes in the java.security package.
java.security.cert	Provides classes and interfaces for parsing and managing certificates, certificate revocation lists (CRLs), and certification paths.
java.security.interfaces	Provides interfaces for generating RSA (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman AsymmetricCipher algorithm) keys as defined in the RSA Laboratory Technical Note PKCS#1, and DSA (Digital Signature Algorithm) keys as defined in NIST's FIPS-186.
java.security.spec	Provides classes and interfaces for key specifications and algorithm parameter specifications.
java.text	Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages.
java.util	Contains the collections framework, legacy collection classes, event model, date and time facilities, internationalization, and miscellaneous utility classes (a string tokenizer, a random-number generator, and a bit array).
java.util.jar	Provides classes for reading and writing the JAR (Java ARchive) file format, which is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional manifest file.
java.util.zip	Provides classes for reading and writing the standard ZIP and GZIP file formats.
javax.microedition.io	Provides a simplified mechanism for applications to use various types of I/O protocols in resource-constrained environments.
javax.security.auth.x500	This package contains the classes that should be used to store X500 Principal and X500 Private Crendentials in a Subject.

Uses of Serializable in java.io

Subinterfaces of Serializable in java.io

interface

Externalizable Only the identity of the class of an Externalizable instance is written in the serialization stream and it is the responsibility of the class to save and restore the contents of its instances.

Classes in java.io that implement Serializable

class	CharConversionException Base class for character conversion exceptions.
class	EOFException Signals that an end of file or end of stream has been reached unexpectedly during input.
class	File An abstract representation of file and directory pathnames.
class	FileNotFoundException Signals that an attempt to open the file denoted by a specified pathname has failed.
class	FilePermission This class represents access to a file or directory.
class	InterruptedIOException Signals that an I/O operation has been interrupted.
class	InvalidClassException Thrown when the Serialization runtime detects one of the following problems with a Class.
class	InvalidObjectException Indicates that one or more deserialized objects failed validation tests.
class	IOException Signals that an I/O exception of some sort has occurred.
class	NotActiveException Thrown when serialization or deserialization is not active.
class	NotSerializableException Thrown when an instance is required to have a Serializable interface.
class	ObjectStreamClass Serialization's descriptor for classes.
class	ObjectStreamException Superclass of all exceptions specific to Object Stream classes.
class	OptionalDataException Exception indicating the failure of an object read operation due to unread primitive data, or the end of data belonging to a serialized object in the stream.
class	SerializablePermission This class is for Serializable permissions.
class	StreamCorruptedException Thrown when control information that was read from an object stream violates internal consistency checks.
class	SyncFailedException Signals that a sync operation has failed.
class	UnsupportedEncodingException The Character Encoding is not supported.
class	UTFDataFormatException Signals that a malformed UTF-8 string has been read in a data input stream or by any class that implements the data input interface.
class	WriteAbortedException Signals that one of the ObjectStreamExceptions was thrown during a write operation.

Uses of Serializable in java.lang

Classes in java.lang that implement Serializable

class	AbstractMethodError Thrown when an application tries to call an abstract method.
class	ArithmeticException Thrown when an exceptional arithmetic condition has occurred.
class	ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException Thrown to indicate that an array has been accessed with an illegal index.
class	ArrayStoreException Thrown to indicate that an attempt has been made to store the wrong type of object into an array of objects.
class	AssertionError Thrown to indicate that an assertion has failed.
class	Boolean The Boolean class wraps a value of the primitive type boolean in an object.
class	Byte The Byte class wraps a value of primitive type byte in an object.
class	Character The Character class wraps a value of the primitive type char in an object.
class	Class Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application.
class	ClassCastException Thrown to indicate that the code has attempted to cast an object to a subclass of which it is not an instance.
class	ClassCircularityError Thrown when a circularity has been detected while initializing a class.
class	ClassFormatError Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the file is malformed or otherwise cannot be interpreted as a class file.
class	ClassNotFoundException Thrown when an application tries to load in a class through its string name using: The forName method in class Class.
class	CloneNotSupportedException Thrown to indicate that the clone method in class Object has been called to clone an object, but that the object's class does not implement the Cloneable interface.
class	Double The Double class wraps a value of the primitive type double in an object.
class	Error An Error is a subclass of Throwable that indicates serious problems that a reasonable application should not try to catch.
class	Exception The class Exception and its subclasses are a form of Throwable that indicates conditions that a reasonable application might want to catch.
class	ExceptionInInitializerError Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer.
class	Float The Float class wraps a value of primitive type float in an object.
class	IllegalAccessError Thrown if an application attempts to access or modify a field, or to call a method that it does not have access to.
class	IllegalAccessException An IllegalAccessException is thrown when an application tries to reflectively create an instance (other than an array), set or get a field, or invoke a method, but the currently executing method does not have access to the definition of the specified class, field, method or constructor.
class	IllegalArgumentException Thrown to indicate that a method has been passed an illegal or inappropriate argument.
class	IllegalMonitorStateException Thrown to indicate that a thread has attempted to wait on an object's monitor or to notify other threads waiting on an object's monitor without owning the specified monitor.
class	IllegalStateException Signals that a method has been invoked at an illegal or inappropriate time.
class	IllegalThreadStateException Thrown to indicate that a thread is not in an appropriate state for the requested operation.
class	IncompatibleClassChangeError Thrown when an incompatible class change has occurred to some class definition.
class	IndexOutOfBoundsException Thrown to indicate that an index of some sort (such as to an array, to a string, or to a vector) is out of range.
class	InstantiationError Thrown when an application tries to use the Java new construct to instantiate an abstract class or an interface.
class	InstantiationException Thrown when an application tries to create an instance of a class using the newInstance method in class Class, but the specified class object cannot be instantiated because it is an interface or is an abstract class.
class	Integer The Integer class wraps a value of the primitive type int in an object.
class	InternalError Thrown to indicate some unexpected internal error has occurred in the Java Virtual Machine.
class	InterruptedException Thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or otherwise paused for a long time and another thread interrupts it using the interrupt method in class Thread.
class	LinkageError Subclasses of LinkageError indicate that a class has some dependency on another class; however, the latter class has incompatibly changed after the compilation of the former class.
class	Long The Long class wraps a value of the primitive type long in an object.
class	NegativeArraySizeException Thrown if an application tries to create an array with negative size.
class	NoClassDefFoundError Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine or a ClassLoader instance tries to load in the definition of a class (as part of a normal method call or as part of creating a new instance using the new expression) and no definition of the class could be found.
class	NoSuchFieldError Thrown if an application tries to access or modify a specified field of an object, and that object no longer has that field.
class	NoSuchFieldException Signals that the class doesn't have a field of a specified name.
class	NoSuchMethodError Thrown if an application tries to call a specified method of a class (either static or instance), and that class no longer has a definition of that method.
class	NoSuchMethodException Thrown when a particular method cannot be found.
class	NullPointerException Thrown when an application attempts to use null in a case where an object is required.
class	Number The abstract class Number is the superclass of classes BigDecimal, BigInteger, Byte, Double, Float, Integer, Long, and Short.
class	NumberFormatException Thrown to indicate that the application has attempted to convert a string to one of the numeric types, but that the string does not have the appropriate format.
class	OutOfMemoryError Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine cannot allocate an object because it is out of memory, and no more memory could be made available by the garbage collector.
class	RuntimeException RuntimeException is the superclass of those exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the Java Virtual Machine.
class	RuntimePermission This class is for runtime permissions.
class	SecurityException Thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation.
class	Short The Short class wraps a value of primitive type short in an object.
class	StackOverflowError Thrown when a stack overflow occurs because an application recurses too deeply.
class	StackTraceElement An element in a stack trace, as returned by Throwable.getStackTrace().
class	String The String class represents character strings.
class	StringBuffer A string buffer implements a mutable sequence of characters.
class	StringIndexOutOfBoundsException Thrown by String methods to indicate that an index is either negative or greater than the size of the string.
class	ThreadDeath An instance of ThreadDeath is thrown in the victim thread when the stop method with zero arguments in class Thread is called.
class	Throwable The Throwable class is the superclass of all errors and exceptions in the Java language.
class	UnknownError Thrown when an unknown but serious exception has occurred in the Java Virtual Machine.
class	UnsatisfiedLinkError Thrown if the Java Virtual Machine cannot find an appropriate native-language definition of a method declared native.
class	UnsupportedClassVersionError Thrown when the Java Virtual Machine attempts to read a class file and determines that the major and minor version numbers in the file are not supported.
class	UnsupportedOperationException Thrown to indicate that the requested operation is not supported.
class	VerifyError Thrown when the "verifier" detects that a class file, though well formed, contains some sort of internal inconsistency or security problem.
class	VirtualMachineError Thrown to indicate that the Java Virtual Machine is broken or has run out of resources necessary for it to continue operating.

Uses of Serializable in java.lang.reflect

Classes in java.lang.reflect that implement Serializable

class	InvocationTargetException InvocationTargetException is a checked exception that wraps an exception thrown by an invoked method or constructor.
class	Proxy Proxy provides static methods for creating dynamic proxy classes and instances, and it is also the superclass of all dynamic proxy classes created by those methods.
class	ReflectPermission The Permission class for reflective operations.
class	UndeclaredThrowableException Thrown by a method invocation on a proxy instance if its invocation handler's invoke method throws a checked exception (a Throwable that is not assignable to RuntimeException or Error) that is not assignable to any of the exception types declared in the throws clause of the method that was invoked on the proxy instance and dispatched to the invocation handler.

Uses of Serializable in java.math

Classes in java.math that implement Serializable

class	BigDecimal Immutable, arbitrary-precision signed decimal numbers.
class	BigInteger Immutable arbitrary-precision integers.

Uses of Serializable in java.net

Classes in java.net that implement Serializable

class	BindException Signals that an error occurred while attempting to bind a socket to a local address and port.
class	ConnectException Signals that an error occurred while attempting to connect a socket to a remote address and port.
class	Inet4Address This class represents an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address.
class	Inet6Address This class represents an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address.
class	InetAddress This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
class	InetSocketAddress This class implements an IP Socket Address (IP address + port number) It can also be a pair (hostname + port number), in which case an attempt will be made to resolve the hostname.
class	MalformedURLException Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.
class	NetPermission This class is for various network permissions.
class	NoRouteToHostException Signals that an error occurred while attempting to connect a socket to a remote address and port.
class	PortUnreachableException Signals that an ICMP Port Unreachable message has been received on a connected datagram.
class	ProtocolException Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
class	SocketAddress This class represents a Socket Address with no protocol attachment.
class	SocketException Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
class	SocketPermission This class represents access to a network via sockets.
class	SocketTimeoutException Signals that a timeout has occurred on a socket read or accept.
class	UnknownHostException Thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined.
class	UnknownServiceException Thrown to indicate that an unknown service exception has occurred.
class	URI Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
class	URISyntaxException Checked exception thrown to indicate that a string could not be parsed as a URI reference.
class	URL Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.

Uses of Serializable in java.security

Subinterfaces of Serializable in java.security

interface	Key The Key interface is the top-level interface for all keys.
interface	PrivateKey A private key.
interface	PublicKey A public key.

Classes in java.security that implement Serializable

class	AccessControlException This exception is thrown by the AccessController to indicate that a requested access (to a critical system resource such as the file system or the network) is denied.
class	AllPermission The AllPermission is a permission that implies all other permissions.
class	BasicPermission The BasicPermission class extends the Permission class, and can be used as the base class for permissions that want to follow the same naming convention as BasicPermission.
class	CodeSource This class extends the concept of a codebase to encapsulate not only the location (URL) but also the certificate(s) that were used to verify signed code originating from that location.
class	DigestException This is the generic Message Digest exception.
class	GeneralSecurityException The GeneralSecurityException class is a generic security exception class that provides type safety for all the security-related exception classes that extend from it.
class	GuardedObject A GuardedObject is an object that is used to protect access to another object.
class	Identity Deprecated. This class is no longer used. Its functionality has been replaced by java.security.KeyStore, the java.security.cert package, and java.security.Principal.
class	IdentityScope Deprecated. This class is no longer used. Its functionality has been replaced by java.security.KeyStore, the java.security.cert package, and java.security.Principal.
class	InvalidAlgorithmParameterException This is the exception for invalid or inappropriate algorithm parameters.
class	InvalidKeyException This is the exception for invalid Keys (invalid encoding, wrong length, uninitialized, etc).
class	InvalidParameterException This exception, designed for use by the JCA/JCE engine classes, is thrown when an invalid parameter is passed to a method.
class	KeyException This is the basic key exception.
class	KeyManagementException This is the general key management exception for all operations dealing with key management.
class	KeyPair This class is a simple holder for a key pair (a public key and a private key).
class	KeyStoreException This is the generic KeyStore exception.
class	NoSuchAlgorithmException This exception is thrown when a particular cryptographic algorithm is requested but is not available in the environment.
class	NoSuchProviderException This exception is thrown when a particular security provider is requested but is not available in the environment.
class	Permission Abstract class for representing access to a system resource.
class	PermissionCollection Abstract class representing a collection of Permission objects.
class	Permissions This class represents a heterogeneous collection of Permissions.
class	PrivilegedActionException This exception is thrown by doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction) and doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction, AccessControlContext context) to indicate that the action being performed threw a checked exception.
class	Provider This class represents a "provider" for the Java Security API, where a provider implements some or all parts of Java Security.
class	ProviderException A runtime exception for Provider exceptions (such as misconfiguration errors), which may be subclassed by Providers to throw specialized, provider-specific runtime errors.
class	SecureRandom This class provides a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number generator (PRNG).
class	SecureRandomSpi This class defines the Service Provider Interface (SPI) for the SecureRandom class.
class	SecurityPermission This class is for security permissions.
class	SignatureException This is the generic Signature exception.
class	SignedObject SignedObject is a class for the purpose of creating authentic runtime objects whose integrity cannot be compromised without being detected.
class	Signer Deprecated. This class is no longer used. Its functionality has been replaced by java.security.KeyStore, the java.security.cert package, and java.security.Principal.
class	UnrecoverableKeyException This exception is thrown if a key in the keystore cannot be recovered.
class	UnresolvedPermission The UnresolvedPermission class is used to hold Permissions that were "unresolved" when the Policy was initialized.

Constructors in java.security with parameters of type Serializable

SignedObject(Serializable object, PrivateKey signingKey, Signature signingEngine)
Constructs a SignedObject from any Serializable object.

Uses of Serializable in java.security.acl

Classes in java.security.acl that implement Serializable

class	AclNotFoundException This is an exception that is thrown whenever a reference is made to a non-existent ACL (Access Control List).
class	LastOwnerException This is an exception that is thrown whenever an attempt is made to delete the last owner of an Access Control List.
class	NotOwnerException This is an exception that is thrown whenever the modification of an object (such as an Access Control List) is only allowed to be done by an owner of the object, but the Principal attempting the modification is not an owner.

Uses of Serializable in java.security.cert

Classes in java.security.cert that implement Serializable

class	Certificate Abstract class for managing a variety of identity certificates.
protected static class	Certificate.CertificateRep Alternate Certificate class for serialization.
class	CertificateEncodingException Certificate Encoding Exception.
class	CertificateException This exception indicates one of a variety of certificate problems.
class	CertificateExpiredException Certificate Expired Exception.
class	CertificateNotYetValidException Certificate is not yet valid exception.
class	CertificateParsingException Certificate Parsing Exception.
class	CertPath An immutable sequence of certificates (a certification path).
protected static class	CertPath.CertPathRep Alternate CertPath class for serialization.
class	CRLException CRL (Certificate Revocation List) Exception.
class	X509Certificate Abstract class for X.509 certificates.

Uses of Serializable in java.security.interfaces

Subinterfaces of Serializable in java.security.interfaces

interface	DSAPrivateKey The standard interface to a DSA private key.
interface	DSAPublicKey The interface to a DSA public key.
interface	RSAPrivateCrtKey The interface to an RSA private key, as defined in the PKCS#1 standard, using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT) information values.
interface	RSAPrivateKey The interface to an RSA private key.
interface	RSAPublicKey The interface to an RSA public key.

Uses of Serializable in java.security.spec

Classes in java.security.spec that implement Serializable

class	InvalidKeySpecException This is the exception for invalid key specifications.
class	InvalidParameterSpecException This is the exception for invalid parameter specifications.

Uses of Serializable in java.text

Classes in java.text that implement Serializable

static class	AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute Defines attribute keys that are used to identify text attributes.
class	ChoiceFormat A ChoiceFormat allows you to attach a format to a range of numbers.
class	DateFormat DateFormat is an abstract class for date/time formatting subclasses which formats and parses dates or time in a language-independent manner.
static class	DateFormat.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from DateFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.
class	DateFormatSymbols DateFormatSymbols is a public class for encapsulating localizable date-time formatting data, such as the names of the months, the names of the days of the week, and the time zone data.
class	DecimalFormat DecimalFormat is a concrete subclass of NumberFormat that formats decimal numbers.
class	DecimalFormatSymbols This class represents the set of symbols (such as the decimal separator, the grouping separator, and so on) needed by DecimalFormat to format numbers.
class	Format Format is an abstract base class for formatting locale-sensitive information such as dates, messages, and numbers.
static class	Format.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from Format.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.
class	MessageFormat MessageFormat provides a means to produce concatenated messages in language-neutral way.
static class	MessageFormat.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator.
class	NumberFormat NumberFormat is the abstract base class for all number formats.
static class	NumberFormat.Field Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from NumberFormat.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.
class	ParseException Signals that an error has been reached unexpectedly while parsing.
class	SimpleDateFormat SimpleDateFormat is a concrete class for formatting and parsing dates in a locale-sensitive manner.

Uses of Serializable in java.util

Classes in java.util that implement Serializable

class	ArrayList Resizable-array implementation of the List interface.
class	BitSet This class implements a vector of bits that grows as needed.
class	Calendar Calendar is an abstract base class for converting between a Date object and a set of integer fields such as YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, and so on.
class	ConcurrentModificationException This exception may be thrown by methods that have detected concurrent modification of an object when such modification is not permissible.
class	Currency Represents a currency.
class	Date The class Date represents a specific instant in time, with millisecond precision.
class	EmptyStackException Thrown by methods in the Stack class to indicate that the stack is empty.
class	EventObject The root class from which all event state objects shall be derived.
class	GregorianCalendar GregorianCalendar is a concrete subclass of Calendar and provides the standard calendar used by most of the world.
class	HashMap Hash table based implementation of the Map interface.
class	HashSet This class implements the Set interface, backed by a hash table (actually a HashMap instance).
class	Hashtable This class implements a hashtable, which maps keys to values.
class	IdentityHashMap This class implements the Map interface with a hash table, using reference-equality in place of object-equality when comparing keys (and values).
class	LinkedHashMap Hash table and linked list implementation of the Map interface, with predictable iteration order.
class	LinkedHashSet Hash table and linked list implementation of the Set interface, with predictable iteration order.
class	LinkedList Linked list implementation of the List interface.
class	Locale A Locale object represents a specific geographical, political, or cultural region.
class	MissingResourceException Signals that a resource is missing.
class	NoSuchElementException Thrown by the nextElement method of an Enumeration to indicate that there are no more elements in the enumeration.
class	Properties The Properties class represents a persistent set of properties.
class	PropertyPermission This class is for property permissions.
class	Random An instance of this class is used to generate a stream of pseudorandom numbers.
class	SimpleTimeZone SimpleTimeZone is a concrete subclass of TimeZone that represents a time zone for use with a Gregorian calendar.
class	Stack The Stack class represents a last-in-first-out (LIFO) stack of objects.
class	TimeZone TimeZone represents a time zone offset, and also figures out daylight savings.
class	TooManyListenersException The TooManyListenersException Exception is used as part of the Java Event model to annotate and implement a unicast special case of a multicast Event Source.
class	TreeMap Red-Black tree based implementation of the SortedMap interface.
class	TreeSet This class implements the Set interface, backed by a TreeMap instance.
class	Vector The Vector class implements a growable array of objects.

Uses of Serializable in java.util.jar

Classes in java.util.jar that implement Serializable

class

JarException Signals that an error of some sort has occurred while reading from or writing to a JAR file.

Uses of Serializable in java.util.zip

Classes in java.util.zip that implement Serializable

class	DataFormatException Signals that a data format error has occurred.
class	ZipException Signals that a Zip exception of some sort has occurred.

Uses of Serializable in javax.microedition.io

Classes in javax.microedition.io that implement Serializable

class

ConnectionNotFoundException This class is used to signal that a connection target cannot be found, or the protocol type is not supported.

Uses of Serializable in javax.security.auth.x500

Classes in javax.security.auth.x500 that implement Serializable

class

X500Principal This class represents an X.500 Principal.