Deserialize multiple Java Objects

Question

hello dear colleagues,

I have a Garden class in which I serialize and deserialize multiple Plant class objects. The serializing is working but the deserializing is n

Answer 1

How about serializing the entire list instead? There's no need to serialize each individual object in a list.

public void searilizePlant(ArrayList _plants) {
    try {
        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(fileName);
        ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(fileOut);
        out.writeObject(_plants);
        out.close();
        fileOut.close();
    } catch (IOException ex) {
    }
}

public List deserializePlant() {
    List plants = null;
    try {
        ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(fileName));
        plants = in.readObject(); 
        in.close();
    }
    catch(Exception e) {}
    return plants;
}

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