Understanding the Serialization and Externalization mechanisms in Java

Dsforgood
4 min readMar 23, 2022

Hello readers and developers we welcome you all to this article on serialization and externalization mechanisms in java. Serialization is the mechanism of writing the state of an object into a byte-stream. Externalization is the mechanism of customizing the serialization mechanism. In this article we will go through both mechanisms with fully working practical examples…

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