Input/Output - Beginning Java 8 Language Features - page 323

@Override
public String toString() {
return "Name: " + this.name + ", Gender: " + this.gender +
", Height: " + this.height;
}
}
Listing 7-24. Serializing an Object
// PersonSerializationTest.java
package com.jdojo.io;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
public class PersonSerializationTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create three Person objects
Person john = new Person("John", "Male", 6.7);
Person wally = new Person("Wally", "Male", 5.7);
Person katrina = new Person("Katrina", "Female", 5.4);
// The output file
File fileObject = new File("person.ser");
try (ObjectOutputStream oos =
new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(fileObject))) {
// Write (or serialize) the objects to the object output stream
oos.writeObject(john);
oos.writeObject(wally);
oos.writeObject(katrina);
// Display the serialized objects on the standard output
System.out.println(john);
System.out.println(wally);
System.out.println(katrina);
// Print the output path
System.out.println("Objects were written to " +
fileObject.getAbsolutePath());
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}