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()