protected ObjectOutputStream() throws IOException, SecurityException 
{
        SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
        if (sm != null) {
            sm.checkPermission(SUBCLASS_IMPLEMENTATION_PERMISSION);
        }
        bout = null;
        handles = null;
        subs = null;
        enableOverride = true;
        debugInfoStack = null;
}

Provide a way for subclasses that are completely reimplementing ObjectOutputStream to not have to allocate private data just used by this implementation of ObjectOutputStream.

If there is a security manager installed, this method first calls the security manager's checkPermission method with a SerializablePermission("enableSubclassImplementation") permission to ensure it's ok to enable subclassing.

Throws:

SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkPermission method denies enabling subclassing.

Also see:

SecurityManager#checkPermission
java.io.SerializablePermission

 public ObjectOutputStream(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        verifySubclass();
        bout = new BlockDataOutputStream(out);
        handles = new HandleTable(10, (float) 3.00);
        subs = new ReplaceTable(10, (float) 3.00);
        enableOverride = false;
        writeStreamHeader();
        bout.setBlockDataMode(true);
        if (extendedDebugInfo) {
            debugInfoStack = new DebugTraceInfoStack();
        } else {
            debugInfoStack = null;
        }
}

Creates an ObjectOutputStream that writes to the specified OutputStream. This constructor writes the serialization stream header to the underlying stream; callers may wish to flush the stream immediately to ensure that constructors for receiving ObjectInputStreams will not block when reading the header.

If a security manager is installed, this constructor will check for the "enableSubclassImplementation" SerializablePermission when invoked directly or indirectly by the constructor of a subclass which overrides the ObjectOutputStream.putFields or ObjectOutputStream.writeUnshared methods.

Parameters:

out - output stream to write to

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while writing stream header

SecurityException - if untrusted subclass illegally overrides security-sensitive methods

NullPointerException - if out is null

Also see:

ObjectOutputStream#ObjectOutputStream()
ObjectOutputStream#putFields()
ObjectInputStream#ObjectInputStream(InputStream)
since: 1.4 -

 protected  void annotateClass(Class<?> cl) throws IOException 
{

}

Subclasses may implement this method to allow class data to be stored in the stream. By default this method does nothing. The corresponding method in ObjectInputStream is resolveClass. This method is called exactly once for each unique class in the stream. The class name and signature will have already been written to the stream. This method may make free use of the ObjectOutputStream to save any representation of the class it deems suitable (for example, the bytes of the class file). The resolveClass method in the corresponding subclass of ObjectInputStream must read and use any data or objects written by annotateClass.

 protected  void annotateProxyClass(Class<?> cl) throws IOException 
{

}

Subclasses may implement this method to store custom data in the stream along with descriptors for dynamic proxy classes.

This method is called exactly once for each unique proxy class descriptor in the stream. The default implementation of this method in ObjectOutputStream does nothing.

The corresponding method in ObjectInputStream is resolveProxyClass. For a given subclass of ObjectOutputStream that overrides this method, the resolveProxyClass method in the corresponding subclass of ObjectInputStream must read any data or objects written by annotateProxyClass.

 public  void close() throws IOException 
{
        flush();
        clear();
        bout.close();
}

Closes the stream. This method must be called to release any resources associated with the stream.

 public  void defaultWriteObject() throws IOException 
{
        if ( curContext == null ) {
            throw new NotActiveException("not in call to writeObject");
        }
        Object curObj = curContext.getObj();
        ObjectStreamClass curDesc = curContext.getDesc();
        bout.setBlockDataMode(false);
        defaultWriteFields(curObj, curDesc);
        bout.setBlockDataMode(true);
}

Write the non-static and non-transient fields of the current class to this stream. This may only be called from the writeObject method of the class being serialized. It will throw the NotActiveException if it is called otherwise.

 protected  void drain() throws IOException 
{
        bout.drain();
}

Drain any buffered data in ObjectOutputStream. Similar to flush but does not propagate the flush to the underlying stream.

 protected boolean enableReplaceObject(boolean enable) throws SecurityException 
{
        if (enable == enableReplace) {
            return enable;
        }
        if (enable) {
            SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
            if (sm != null) {
                sm.checkPermission(SUBSTITUTION_PERMISSION);
            }
        }
        enableReplace = enable;
        return !enableReplace;
}

Enable the stream to do replacement of objects in the stream. When enabled, the replaceObject method is called for every object being serialized.

If enable is true, and there is a security manager installed, this method first calls the security manager's checkPermission method with a SerializablePermission("enableSubstitution") permission to ensure it's ok to enable the stream to do replacement of objects in the stream.

 public  void flush() throws IOException 
{
        bout.flush();
}

Flushes the stream. This will write any buffered output bytes and flush through to the underlying stream.

 int getProtocolVersion() 
{
        return protocol;
}

Returns protocol version in use.

 public PutField putFields() throws IOException 
{
        if (curPut == null) {
            if (curContext == null) {
                throw new NotActiveException("not in call to writeObject");
            }
            Object curObj = curContext.getObj();
            ObjectStreamClass curDesc = curContext.getDesc();
            curPut = new PutFieldImpl(curDesc);
        }
        return curPut;
}

Retrieve the object used to buffer persistent fields to be written to the stream. The fields will be written to the stream when writeFields method is called.

 protected Object replaceObject(Object obj) throws IOException 
{
        return obj;
}

This method will allow trusted subclasses of ObjectOutputStream to substitute one object for another during serialization. Replacing objects is disabled until enableReplaceObject is called. The enableReplaceObject method checks that the stream requesting to do replacement can be trusted. The first occurrence of each object written into the serialization stream is passed to replaceObject. Subsequent references to the object are replaced by the object returned by the original call to replaceObject. To ensure that the private state of objects is not unintentionally exposed, only trusted streams may use replaceObject.

The ObjectOutputStream.writeObject method takes a parameter of type Object (as opposed to type Serializable) to allow for cases where non-serializable objects are replaced by serializable ones.

When a subclass is replacing objects it must insure that either a complementary substitution must be made during deserialization or that the substituted object is compatible with every field where the reference will be stored. Objects whose type is not a subclass of the type of the field or array element abort the serialization by raising an exception and the object is not be stored.

This method is called only once when each object is first encountered. All subsequent references to the object will be redirected to the new object. This method should return the object to be substituted or the original object.

Null can be returned as the object to be substituted, but may cause NullReferenceException in classes that contain references to the original object since they may be expecting an object instead of null.

 public  void reset() throws IOException 
{
        if (depth != 0) {
            throw new IOException("stream active");
        }
        bout.setBlockDataMode(false);
        bout.writeByte(TC_RESET);
        clear();
        bout.setBlockDataMode(true);
}

Reset will disregard the state of any objects already written to the stream. The state is reset to be the same as a new ObjectOutputStream. The current point in the stream is marked as reset so the corresponding ObjectInputStream will be reset at the same point. Objects previously written to the stream will not be refered to as already being in the stream. They will be written to the stream again.

 public  void useProtocolVersion(int version) throws IOException 
{
        if (handles.size() != 0) {
            // REMIND: implement better check for pristine stream?
            throw new IllegalStateException("stream non-empty");
        }
        switch (version) {
            case PROTOCOL_VERSION_1:
            case PROTOCOL_VERSION_2:
                protocol = version;
                break;
            default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "unknown version: " + version);
        }
}

Specify stream protocol version to use when writing the stream.

This routine provides a hook to enable the current version of Serialization to write in a format that is backwards compatible to a previous version of the stream format.

Every effort will be made to avoid introducing additional backwards incompatibilities; however, sometimes there is no other alternative.

 public  void write(int val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.write(val);
}

Writes a byte. This method will block until the byte is actually written.

 public  void write(byte[] buf) throws IOException 
{
        bout.write(buf, 0, buf.length, false);
}

Writes an array of bytes. This method will block until the bytes are actually written.

 public  void write(byte[] buf,
    int off,
    int len) throws IOException 
{
        if (buf == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int endoff = off + len;
        if (off <  0 || len <  0 || endoff  > buf.length || endoff <  0) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }
        bout.write(buf, off, len, false);
}

Writes a sub array of bytes.

 public  void writeBoolean(boolean val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeBoolean(val);
}

Writes a boolean.

 public  void writeByte(int val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeByte(val);
}

Writes an 8 bit byte.

 public  void writeBytes(String str) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeBytes(str);
}

Writes a String as a sequence of bytes.

 public  void writeChar(int val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeChar(val);
}

Writes a 16 bit char.

 public  void writeChars(String str) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeChars(str);
}

Writes a String as a sequence of chars.

 protected  void writeClassDescriptor(ObjectStreamClass desc) throws IOException 
{
        desc.writeNonProxy(this);
}

Write the specified class descriptor to the ObjectOutputStream. Class descriptors are used to identify the classes of objects written to the stream. Subclasses of ObjectOutputStream may override this method to customize the way in which class descriptors are written to the serialization stream. The corresponding method in ObjectInputStream, readClassDescriptor, should then be overridden to reconstitute the class descriptor from its custom stream representation. By default, this method writes class descriptors according to the format defined in the Object Serialization specification.

Note that this method will only be called if the ObjectOutputStream is not using the old serialization stream format (set by calling ObjectOutputStream's useProtocolVersion method). If this serialization stream is using the old format (PROTOCOL_VERSION_1), the class descriptor will be written internally in a manner that cannot be overridden or customized.

 public  void writeDouble(double val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeDouble(val);
}

Writes a 64 bit double.

 public  void writeFields() throws IOException 
{
        if (curPut == null) {
            throw new NotActiveException("no current PutField object");
        }
        bout.setBlockDataMode(false);
        curPut.writeFields();
        bout.setBlockDataMode(true);
}

Write the buffered fields to the stream.

 public  void writeFloat(float val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeFloat(val);
}

Writes a 32 bit float.

 public  void writeInt(int val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeInt(val);
}

Writes a 32 bit int.

 public  void writeLong(long val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeLong(val);
}

Writes a 64 bit long.

 public final  void writeObject(Object obj) throws IOException 
{
        if (enableOverride) {
            writeObjectOverride(obj);
            return;
        }
        try {
            writeObject0(obj, false);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            if (depth == 0) {
                writeFatalException(ex);
            }
            throw ex;
        }
}

Write the specified object to the ObjectOutputStream. The class of the object, the signature of the class, and the values of the non-transient and non-static fields of the class and all of its supertypes are written. Default serialization for a class can be overridden using the writeObject and the readObject methods. Objects referenced by this object are written transitively so that a complete equivalent graph of objects can be reconstructed by an ObjectInputStream.

Exceptions are thrown for problems with the OutputStream and for classes that should not be serialized. All exceptions are fatal to the OutputStream, which is left in an indeterminate state, and it is up to the caller to ignore or recover the stream state.

 protected  void writeObjectOverride(Object obj) throws IOException 
{

}

Method used by subclasses to override the default writeObject method. This method is called by trusted subclasses of ObjectInputStream that constructed ObjectInputStream using the protected no-arg constructor. The subclass is expected to provide an override method with the modifier "final".

 public  void writeShort(int val) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeShort(val);
}

Writes a 16 bit short.

 protected  void writeStreamHeader() throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeShort(STREAM_MAGIC);
        bout.writeShort(STREAM_VERSION);
}

The writeStreamHeader method is provided so subclasses can append or prepend their own header to the stream. It writes the magic number and version to the stream.

  void writeTypeString(String str) throws IOException 
{
        int handle;
        if (str == null) {
            writeNull();
        } else if ((handle = handles.lookup(str)) != -1) {
            writeHandle(handle);
        } else {
            writeString(str, false);
        }
}

Writes string without allowing it to be replaced in stream. Used by ObjectStreamClass to write class descriptor type strings.

 public  void writeUTF(String str) throws IOException 
{
        bout.writeUTF(str);
}

Primitive data write of this String in modified UTF-8 format. Note that there is a significant difference between writing a String into the stream as primitive data or as an Object. A String instance written by writeObject is written into the stream as a String initially. Future writeObject() calls write references to the string into the stream.

 public  void writeUnshared(Object obj) throws IOException 
{
        try {
            writeObject0(obj, true);
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            if (depth == 0) {
                writeFatalException(ex);
            }
            throw ex;
        }
}

Writes an "unshared" object to the ObjectOutputStream. This method is identical to writeObject, except that it always writes the given object as a new, unique object in the stream (as opposed to a back-reference pointing to a previously serialized instance). Specifically:
• An object written via writeUnshared is always serialized in the same manner as a newly appearing object (an object that has not been written to the stream yet), regardless of whether or not the object has been written previously.
• If writeObject is used to write an object that has been previously written with writeUnshared, the previous writeUnshared operation is treated as if it were a write of a separate object. In other words, ObjectOutputStream will never generate back-references to object data written by calls to writeUnshared.
While writing an object via writeUnshared does not in itself guarantee a unique reference to the object when it is deserialized, it allows a single object to be defined multiple times in a stream, so that multiple calls to readUnshared by the receiver will not conflict. Note that the rules described above only apply to the base-level object written with writeUnshared, and not to any transitively referenced sub-objects in the object graph to be serialized.

ObjectOutputStream subclasses which override this method can only be constructed in security contexts possessing the "enableSubclassImplementation" SerializablePermission; any attempt to instantiate such a subclass without this permission will cause a SecurityException to be thrown.