found the following here:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/serialization/spec/class.html#4100 so...
i deleted the .class file and recompiled:
so my instructor was correct. then i decided to change the constructor signature:
and then:
i changed the identifiers as well which had no effect. i changed the access modifiers and:
this is the same id that i found during reading the stream and receiving an exception. so i learned something.
btw, i didn't see the need to move this post to the intermediate section. i'm an
undergraduate at a
community college. i feel that the subject material would have been better left there. take care.
[ September 13, 2008: Message edited by: f. nikita thomas ]