How to serialize a generic class in Java?

Question

I have started to read about serialization in Java and little bit in other languages too, but what if I have a generic class and I want to save a instance of it to file.

Answer 1

You need to make generic class Serializable as usual.

public class Generic implements Serializable {...}

If fields are declared using generic types, you may want to specify that they should implement Serializable.

public class Generic implements Serializable {...}

Please be aware of uncommon Java syntax here.

public class Generic implements Serializable {...}