Can serialization cause a higher memory footprint?

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Published on 2010-05-27T08:03:11Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 8:31 UTC
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Hey folks,

does serialization in Java always have to shrink the memory that is used to hold an object structure? Or is it likely that serialization will have higher costs?

In other words: Is serialization a tool to shrink the memory footprint of object structures in Java?

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