Can anything be serialized as long as it implements Serializable?

Question

I\'ve already seen this: How to test in java that a class implements serializable correctly

I just have a more general question. If you create an object (say a circle) l

Answer 1

Yes, it's all you need as long as the transitive closure of all the referenced objects are all serializable.

Note this doesn't mean the deserialized object will actually work - that depends on the semantics of "Circle". The easiest way to lose out is becase the new object will be a copy, not the identical object.