how does serializable work in java?
- by Karl Trumstedt
If I have an instance of a class that I store in a session I need to make it serializable. This class has a static variable, will this be serialized in every instance stored?
The static variable is a reference to a cache containing a lot of data in the background. Will all of this data be serialized? If so, it seems preferable to make this variable transient and re-fetch the cache instance each time the instance is restored. Maybe not store the cache instance at all in the class.
Will the constructor execute when a class is restored from a serialized state? if not is there any other method I can use to re-instate a transient variable?