— Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Chairman, President and ceo

System.out.println(“Two’s type: “ + twoRestore.getType());
System.out.println(“Three’s type: “ + threeRestore.getType());
} catch(Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
File Edit Window Help Resuscitate
% java GameSaver
Elf 
Troll 
Magician
object 
power: 50
type: Elf
weapons: bow, 
sword, dust
power: 120
type: Magician
weapons: spells, 
invisibility
object 
power: 200
type: Troll
weapons: bare
hands, big ax
object 
serialization 
example
We set them to null so we can’t 
access the objects on the heap.
Make some characters...
Now read them back in from the file...
Check to see if it worked.

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serialization 
and
file I/O
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import java.io.*;
public class GameCharacter implements Serializable {
int power;
String type;
String[] weapons;
public GameCharacter(int p, String t, String[] w) {
power = p;
type = t;
weapons = w;
}
public int getPower() {
return power;
}
public String getType() {
return type;
}
public String getWeapons() {
String weaponList = “”;
for (int i = 0; i < weapons.length; i++) {
weaponList += weapons[i] + “ “;
}
return weaponList;
}
}
The GameCharacter class
This is a basic class just for testing 
Serialization, and we don’t have an 
actual game, but we’ll leave that to 
you to experiment.
Check to see if it worked.

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