Could anyone tell me whats use of implements interface which extended with "Serializable" interface with example?

Question

Interface with serializable implements?

 public interface SearchCriteria extends Serializable {}

class which implements a interface which doesnt have method initilization just a extented by "Serializable" interface

  public class AbstractSearchCriteria implements SearchCriteria
 {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

private PageCriteria pageCriteria;

public AbstractSearchCriteria()
{
    super();
}

public PageCriteria getPageCriteria()
{
    return pageCriteria;
}

public void setPageCriteria(PageCriteria pageCriteria)
{
    this.pageCriteria = pageCriteria;
}}

It's a marker interface; perhaps something in your code base uses it. — Dave Newton, Jun 24 '15 at 12:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

serialization is the process of translating data structures or object state into a format that can be stored.

Serializable is a marker interface serializable is a special interface that specifies that class is serialiazable. It's special in that unlike a normal interface it does not define any methods that must be implemented: it is simply marking the class as serializable.

more here What is object serialization?

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 12:48

1

In short:

You extended Serializable interface in SearchCriteria interface. All classes that implement the SearchCriteria interface, will also be implementing Serializable interface by default.

For more detailed info check the documentation.

answered Jun 24 '15 at 12:48

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Could anyone tell me whats use of implements interface which extended with "Serializable" interface with example?

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