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 private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)
     throws IOException
 private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
     throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
 private void readObjectNoData()
     throws ObjectStreamException;

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package com.hollis;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Created by hollis on 16/2/2.
 */
public class User implements Serializable{
    private String name;
    private int age;
    private Date birthday;
    private transient String gender;
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6849794470754667710L;

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    public void setAge(int age) {
        this.age = age;
    }

    public Date getBirthday() {
        return birthday;
    }

    public void setBirthday(Date birthday) {
        this.birthday = birthday;
    }

    public String getGender() {
        return gender;
    }

    public void setGender(String gender) {
        this.gender = gender;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "User{" +
                "name='" + name + '\'' +
                ", age=" + age +
                ", gender=" + gender +
                ", birthday=" + birthday +
                '}';
    }
}

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package com.hollis;
import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Created by hollis on 16/2/2.
 */
public class SerializableDemo {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Initializes The Object
        User user = new User();
        user.setName("hollis");
        user.setGender("male");
        user.setAge(23);
        user.setBirthday(new Date());
        System.out.println(user);

        //Write Obj to File
        ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
        try {
            oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("tempFile"));
            oos.writeObject(user);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            IOUtils.closeQuietly(oos);
        }

        //Read Obj from File
        File file = new File("tempFile");
        ObjectInputStream ois = null;
        try {
            ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
            User newUser = (User) ois.readObject();
            System.out.println(newUser);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            IOUtils.closeQuietly(ois);
            try {
                FileUtils.forceDelete(file);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }

    }
}

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User{name='hollis', age=23, gender=male, birthday=Tue Feb 02 17:37:38 CST 2016}
User{name='hollis', age=23, gender=null, birthday=Tue Feb 02 17:37:38 CST 2016}

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public class ArrayList<E> extends AbstractList<E>
        implements List<E>, RandomAccess, Cloneable, java.io.Serializable
{
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8683452581122892189L;
    transient Object[] elementData; // non-private to simplify nested class access
    private int size;
}

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public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        List<String> stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
        stringList.add("hello");
        stringList.add("world");
        stringList.add("hollis");
        stringList.add("chuang");
        System.out.println("init StringList" + stringList);
        ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("stringlist"));
        objectOutputStream.writeObject(stringList);

        IOUtils.close(objectOutputStream);
        File file = new File("stringlist");
        ObjectInputStream objectInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
        List<String> newStringList = (List<String>)objectInputStream.readObject();
        IOUtils.close(objectInputStream);
        if(file.exists()){
            file.delete();
        }
        System.out.println("new StringList" + newStringList);
    }

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init StringList[hello, world, hollis, chuang]
new StringList[hello, world, hollis, chuang]

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private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream s)
        throws java.io.IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        elementData = EMPTY_ELEMENTDATA;

        // Read in size, and any hidden stuff
        s.defaultReadObject();

        // Read in capacity
        s.readInt(); // ignored

        if (size > 0) {
            // be like clone(), allocate array based upon size not capacity
            ensureCapacityInternal(size);

            Object[] a = elementData;
            // Read in all elements in the proper order.
            for (int i=0; i<size; i++) {
                a[i] = s.readObject();
            }
        }
    }

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private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream s)
        throws java.io.IOException{
        // Write out element count, and any hidden stuff
        int expectedModCount = modCount;
        s.defaultWriteObject();

        // Write out size as capacity for behavioural compatibility with clone()
        s.writeInt(size);

        // Write out all elements in the proper order.
        for (int i=0; i<size; i++) {
            s.writeObject(elementData[i]);
        }

        if (modCount != expectedModCount) {
            throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
        }
    }

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void invokeWriteObject(Object obj, ObjectOutputStream out)
        throws IOException, UnsupportedOperationException
    {
        if (writeObjectMethod != null) {
            try {
                writeObjectMethod.invoke(obj, new Object[]{ out });
            } catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
                Throwable th = ex.getTargetException();
                if (th instanceof IOException) {
                    throw (IOException) th;
                } else {
                    throwMiscException(th);
                }
            } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
                // should not occur, as access checks have been suppressed
                throw new InternalError(ex);
            }
        } else {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
        }
    }
    ```
其中writeObjectMethod.invoke(obj, new Object[]{ out });是关键，通过反射的方式调用writeObjectMethod方法。官方是这么解释这个writeObjectMethod的：

class-defined writeObject method, or null if none

在我们的例子中，这个方法就是我们在ArrayList中定义的writeObject方法。通过反射的方式被调用了。

至此，我们先试着来回答刚刚提出的问题：

如果一个类中包含writeObject 和 readObject 方法，那么这两个方法是怎么被调用的?

答：在使用ObjectOutputStream的writeObject方法和ObjectInputStream的readObject方法时，会通过反射的方式调用。

至此，我们已经介绍完了ArrayList的序列化方式。那么，不知道有没有人提出这样的疑问：

Serializable明明就是一个空的接口，它是怎么保证只有实现了该接口的方法才能进行序列化与反序列化的呢？

### Serializable接口的定义：

```java
public interface Serializable {
}

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if (obj instanceof String) {
        writeString((String) obj, unshared);
    } else if (cl.isArray()) {
        writeArray(obj, desc, unshared);
    } else if (obj instanceof Enum) {
        writeEnum((Enum<?>) obj, desc, unshared);
    } else if (obj instanceof Serializable) {
        writeOrdinaryObject(obj, desc, unshared);
    } else {
        if (extendedDebugInfo) {
            throw new NotSerializableException(
                cl.getName() + "\n" + debugInfoStack.toString());
        } else {
            throw new NotSerializableException(cl.getName());
        }
    }