Java Serialization vs JSON vs XML

Question

I am wondering what serialized mechanism should we choose when dealing with object transferring over the network. What are the pros and cons ?

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Answer 1

I think it depends. If you're sending an http request or something then JSON or XML is obviously a good choice. If you are just sending a java object over a tcp socket for some distributed algorithm or something I think the java serialization is easier/better