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

It may not always be feasible to deserialize a whole list of objects (e.g., due to memory issues). In that case try:

    ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(
            filename));

    while (true) {
        try {
            MyObject o = (MyObject) in.readObject();
            // Do something with the object
        } catch (EOFException e) {
            break;
        }
    }

    in.close();

Or using the Java SE 7 try-with-resources statement:

    try (ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(
            filename))) {
        while (true) {
            MyObject o = (MyObject) in.readObject();
            // Do something with the object
        }
    } catch (EOFException e) {
        return;
    }