Learn about serialization in Java with our comprehensive tutorial. We provide examples to help you understand how serialization works and how to use it. Serialization is a fundamental concept in Java ...

Java provides a means to conveniently serialize data to maintain its integrity as it's sent over a network. Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in the deserialization process if there aren't ...

Serialization is the process of saving an object’s state to a sequence of bytes; deserialization is the process of rebuilding those bytes into a live object. The Java Serialization API provides a ...

Last month, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, said during a conference Q&A that one of Oracle's long-term goals is to change the way Java handles object serialization. In fact, he called the ...

Java’s Serializable interface provides an easy-to-use programming interface for converting between a runtime object and a byte stream. Serialization involves mapping a runtime object or an object ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In this Java serialization example, we will use both the ObjectOutputStream and the ...

Recently, on the "Ask The Architect" session from the Devoxx UK 2018 conference, Oracle's chief architect, Mark Reinhold, shared his thoughts about Java’s serialization mechanism which he called a ...

Serializing and deserializing data is not a problem by itself, or when the source of the data is known to be safe. These operations become dangerous when an app works with user-supplied data. For the ...

A recent blog post by FoxGlove Security that described remotely executable exploits against several major middleware products including WebSphere, WebLogic, and JBoss has focused attention on what ...