Marker Interface

[Mayur Malhotra]

Hi,

I Know that marker interface is an empty iterface,then what I want to know is that how does a class implementing marker interface work,i.e.how does how does a class implementing marker interface say serializable know that what is the functionality of serialization?

[Venkata Kumar]

please see this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marker_interface_pattern

[Ulf Dittmer]

You can also search through these forums; this question has been asked (ans answered) many times. Click the "Search" link at the top of the page, and select "All forums".

[Campbell Ritchie]

And there is a JavaRanch FAQ.