No valid constructor during serialization

Question

I have a major problem during loading the extension into the program. I get an exception as there is no valid constructor.

The problem is in the line:

 ekstensja =  (ArrayList<Dydaktyk>) ois.readObject();

I get something like that:

java.io.InvalidClassException: Dydaktyk; no valid constructor
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass$ExceptionInfo.newInvalidClassException(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.checkDeserialize(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.ArrayList.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at Dydaktyk.wczytajEkstensje(Dydaktyk.java:81)
    at Dydaktyk.<clinit>(Dydaktyk.java:69)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.hasStaticInitializer(Native Method)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.computeDefaultSUID(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.access$100(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.getSerialVersionUID(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.initNonProxy(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonProxyDesc(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readClassDesc(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.ArrayList.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.ArrayList.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
    at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
    at Przedmiot.wczytajEkstensje(Przedmiot.java:99)
    at Przedmiot.<clinit>(Przedmiot.java:87)
    at GUI.main(GUI.java:100)

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static {
    wczytajEkstensje(); // load Extension
}

public static void wczytajEkstensje() {// load extension
    FileInputStream fis = null;
    ObjectInputStream ois = null;
    try {
        fis = new FileInputStream("dydaktyk.ser");
        ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
        // here is the problem
        ekstensja =  (ArrayList<Dydaktyk>) ois.readObject();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try {
            if (ois != null) {
                ois.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
        try {
            if (fis != null) {
                fis.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }
}

public static void zapiszEkstensje() {// save extension
    FileOutputStream fos = null;
    ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
    try {
        fos = new FileOutputStream("dydaktyk.ser");
        oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);

        oos.writeObject(ekstensja); // serialization
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try {
            if (oos != null) {
                oos.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
        try {
            if (fos != null) {
                fos.close();
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

The class Dydaktyk should have an accessible (public or protected) no-args constructor so that the serialization reflection mechanism can create an instance of the class:

public Dydaktyk() { 
  ...
}

From the docs

During deserialization, the fields of non-serializable classes will be initialized using the public or protected no-arg constructor of the class. A no-arg constructor must be accessible to the subclass that is serializable. The fields of serializable subclasses will be restored from the stream.

Answer 2

As specified in Oracle site about Serialization interface :

During deserialization, the fields of non-serializable classes will be initialized using the public or protected no-arg constructor of the class. A no-arg constructor must be accessible to the subclass that is serializable. The fields of serializable subclasses will be restored from the stream.

What I gues is that Dydaktyk is the subclass of some class. And you have defined the parametric constructor within the superclass and have not defined a parameter-less constructor within it . And the compiler isn't inserting a default constructor for that superclass. So , You should define a parameter-less constructor within your superclass also.