Module java.base
Package java.io

Class ObjectStreamClass

java.lang.Object
java.io.ObjectStreamClass
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public final class ObjectStreamClass extends Object implements Serializable
Serialization's descriptor for classes. It contains the name and serialVersionUID of the class. The ObjectStreamClass for a specific class loaded in this Java VM can be found/created using the lookup method.

The algorithm to compute the SerialVersionUID is described in Java Object Serialization Specification, Section 4.6, "Stream Unique Identifiers".

Since:
1.1
External Specifications
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