This interface extends the DataInput interface and adds methods for deserializing objects and reading bytes and arrays of bytes.
public abstract interface ObjectInput extends DataInput { // Public Instance Methods public abstract int available() throws IOException; public abstract void close() throws IOException; public abstract int read() throws IOException; public abstract int read(byte[] b) throws IOException; public abstract int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException; public abstract Object readObject() throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException; public abstract long skip(long n) throws IOException; }
ObjectInputStream
Externalizable.readExternal()