Statics and serialization

[Mansukhdeep Thind]

Sir / Madam
Why cannot Static variables be serialized/deserialized? Please educate me.

Regards
Mansukhdeep Singh

[Naresh Shanmugam]

Serialization is only for instance variables.
Static variables are like class variables, i.e only one copy would be maintained irrespective of number of instances created.
The value of an instance variable might differ for each instance, but not the static variable!!

[Abimaran Kugathasan]

Mansukhdeep Thind wrote:
Why cannot Static variables be serialized/deserialized? Please educate me.

Static members are associated with the class, not the instances, so it does not make sense to include them when serializing an instance.