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* non-transient fields. The defaultReadObject method uses information in
* the stream to assign the fields of the object saved in the stream with the
* correspondingly named fields in the current object. This handles the case
* when the class has evolved to add new fields. The method does not need to
* concern itself with the state belonging to its superclasses or subclasses.
- * State is saved by writing the individual fields to the
- * ObjectOutputStream using the writeObject method or by using the
- * methods for primitive data types supported by DataOutput.
+ * State is restored by reading data from the ObjectInputStream for
+ * the individual fields and making assignments to the appropriate fields
+ * of the object. Reading primitive data types is supported by DataInput.
*
* <p>The readObjectNoData method is responsible for initializing the state of
* the object for its particular class in the event that the serialization
* stream does not list the given class as a superclass of the object being
* deserialized. This may occur in cases where the receiving party uses a
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