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| Chapter 11 The java.io Package |

# ObjectStreamException

## Name

ObjectStreamException

## Synopsis

Class Name:

  `java.io.ObjectStreamException`

Superclass:

  `java.io.IOException`

Immediate Subclasses:

  `java.io.InvalidClassException`,

  `java.io.InvalidObjectException`,

  `java.io.NotActiveException`,

  `java.io.NotSerializableException`,

  `java.io.OptionalDataException`,

  `java.io.StreamCorruptedException`,

  `java.io.WriteAbortedException`

Interfaces Implemented:

  None

Availability:

  New as of JDK 1.1

## Description

The `ObjectStreamException` class is the superclass for all of the serialization exceptions.

## Class Summary

    public class java.io.ObjectStreamException extends java.io.IOException {
      // Constructors
      protected ObjectStreamException();
      protected ObjectStreamException(String classname);
    }

## Constructors

### ObjectStreamException

#### protected ObjectStreamException()

Description

  This constructor creates an `ObjectStreamException` with no detail message.

#### protected ObjectStreamException(String classname)

Parameters

  `classname`

    The name of the class.

Description

  This constructor creates an `ObjectStreamException` with the specified detail message, which should be the name of the class that caused the exception.

## Inherited Methods

Method | Inherited From | Method | Inherited From
--- | --- | --- | ---
`clone()` | `Object` | `equals(Object)` | `Object`
`fillInStackTrace()` | `Throwable` | `finalize()` | `Object`
`getClass()` | `Object` | `getLocalizedMessage()` | `Throwable`
`getMessage()` | `Throwable` | `hashCode()` | `Object`
`notify()` | `Object` | `notifyAll()` | `Object`
`printStackTrace()` | `Throwable` | `printStackTrace(PrintStream)` | `Throwable`
`printStackTrace(PrintWriter)` | `Throwable` | `toString()` | `Object`
`wait()` | `Object` | `wait(long)` | `Object`
`wait(long, int)` | `Object` |  |

## See Also

`Exception`, `InvalidClassException`, `InvalidObjectException`, `IOException`, `NotActiveException`, `NotSerializableException`, `OptionalDataException`, `StreamCorruptedException`, `WriteAbortedException`

ObjectStreamClass |  | OptionalDataException