This interface extends the DataInput interface and adds methods for deserializing objects and reading bytes and arrays of bytes.

Figure 9-35. java.io.ObjectInput

public interface ObjectInput extends DataInput {
// Public Instance Methods
     int available( ) throws IOException;  
     void close( ) throws IOException;  
     int read( ) throws IOException;  
     int read(byte[ ] b) throws IOException;  
     int read(byte[ ] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;  
     Object readObject( ) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException;  
     long skip(long n) throws IOException;  
}

Implementations

ObjectInputStream

Passed To

Externalizable.readExternal( )