Are static variables serialized in Serialization process

Question

I\'m stumbled upon understanding java serialization. I have read in many documents and books that static and transient variables cannot be serialized in Java. We declare a

Answer 1

Yes, static variable will be serialized if it is initialized at the time of declaration.

For example,

case 1 : without initialization at the time of declaration

class Person implements Serializable{

  public String firstName;

  static  String lastName;  
}

public class Employee {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      Person p = new Person();
      p.firstName="abc";
      p.lastName="xyz";
      //to do serialization

  }

}

output :

//after deserialization

 firstName= abc

 lastName= null

case 2 : with initialization at the time of declaration

class Person implements Serializable{

  public String firstName=="abc";

  static  String lastName="pqr";  
}

public class Employee {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

      Person p = new Person();
      p.firstName="abc";
      p.lastName="xyz";
      //to do serialization

  }

 }

output :

//after deserialization

firstName= abc

lastName= pqr