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serialver(1)                    Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Tools                    serialver(1)

NAME
       serialver - Returns the serial version UID for specified classes.

SYNOPSIS
       serialver [ options ] [ classnames ]


       options
              The command-line options. See Options.

       classnames
              The classes for which the serialVersionUID is to be returned.

DESCRIPTION
       The serialver command returns the serialVersionUID for one or more classes in a form suitable
       for  copying  into  an  evolving  class. When called with no arguments, the serialver command
       prints a usage line.

OPTIONS
       -classpath path-files
              Sets the search path for application  classes  and  resources.  Separate  classes  and
              resources with a colon (:).

       -show
              Displays a simple user interface. Enter the full class name and press either the Enter
              key or the Show button to display the serialVersionUID.

       -Joption
              Passes  option  to  the  Java  Virtual  Machine,  where  option  is one of the options
              described on the reference page for the Java application launcher.  For  example,  -J-
              Xms48m sets the startup memory to 48 MB. See java(1).

NOTES
       The serialver command loads and initializes the specified classes in its virtual machine, and
       by  default,  it  does not set a security manager. If the serialver command is to be run with
       untrusted classes, then a security manager can be set with the following option:

       -J-Djava.security.manager

       When necessary, a security policy can be specified with the following option:

       -J-Djava.security.policy=<policy file>


SEE ALSO
       • policytool(1)

       • The            java.io.ObjectStream            class             description             at
         http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.html

JDK 8                                     21 November 2013                              serialver(1)