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Java: Why we need transient keyword to prevent serialization of a particular data member?

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Why we need transient keyword to prevent serialization of a particular data member. we can also make it static because static data member can not be serialized.

posted Oct 15, 2015 by anonymous

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static does not just make a member not serialized; it also means that there is only one version of that field for the entire class.

If you want there to be a version of that field for each object, but do not want that object to be serialized, you need transient; static will do something completely different.

Making variables static without fully understanding this is a massively common source of bugs for new Java developers.

answer Oct 15, 2015 by Salil Agrawal
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