ClassNotFoundException when deserializing a binary class file's contents

Question

I don\'t know much about Java. I\'m trying to read a file containing an int and various instances of a class called \"Automobile\". When I deserialize it, though, the progra

Answer 1

You can access the class name from the message of the ClassNotFound exception - it's horrible to depend on this in the code - but it should give you some idea. I wish there were some better way of getting information about serialised objects without having to have the class available.