What is the purpose of Serialization in Java?

Question

I have read quite a number of articles on Serialization and how it is so nice and great but none of the arguments were convincing enough. I am wondering if someone can reall

Answer 1

I use serialized objects to standardize the arguments I pass to functions or class constructors. Passing one serialized bean is much cleaner than a long list of arguments. The result is code that is easier to read and debug.