CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaobjectarraylistcasting
user3369825
user3369825

Reputation: 99

Java can't get object to cast from file to arraylist

I'm trying to load an object in from a file. I first create the file by saving an object to it. If I save only one object to a file I can get it loaded in by casting the object into a variable stead of an arraylist. But if I try to cast mulitple objects into an arraylist I keep getting errors. I sometimes will get this:

animalkingdom.AnimalBuild; local class incompatible: stream classdesc serialVersionUID = 8814442576780984798, local class serialVersionUID = -7073710162342893881

or this

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: animalkingdom.AnimalBuild cannot be cast to java.util.ArrayList at animalkingdom.AnimalKingdom.readFile(AnimalKingdom.java:146) at animalkingdom.AnimalKingdom.main(AnimalKingdom.java:123) Java Result: 1

write function

  // function to write object to file
       public static void writeToFile(ArrayList<AnimalBuild> a) throws    IOException  { 
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream (new FileOutputStream("animal2.txt"));

        for (AnimalBuild s : a) { // loop through and write objects to file. 
            oos.writeObject(s);
        }
    }

read function

  // function to read from file
     public static void readFile() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("animal2.txt"));

       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") 
       ArrayList<AnimalBuild> animalList = (ArrayList<AnimalBuild>)ois.readObject(); // casting object

        Iterator it = animalList.iterator();

        while(it.hasNext()) {
         String obj = (String)it.next();
         System.out.println(obj);
    }      
}

Animal Build

class AnimalBuild implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8814442576780984798L;
//private static final long serialVersionUID = -12049485535619732L;


public String Animaltype, Species, Color;
public AnimalBuild (String animaltype , String species, String color )
{
    this.Animaltype = animaltype;
    this.Species = species;
    this.Color = color;
}

public String getType() {
    return this.Animaltype;
}
public String getSpecies() {
    return this.Species;
}
public String getColor() {
    return this.Color;
}

public String setType(String newType) {
    return (this.Animaltype=newType);
}

public String setSpecies(String newSpecies) {
    return (this.Species=newSpecies);
}

public String setColor(String newColor) {
    return (this.Color=newColor);
}

public String toString ()
{
    return "\n\n Animal Type: " + this.Animaltype + "\n Species: "  + this.Species + "\n Color: " + this.Color + "\n";
}
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1552

Answers (2)

nayakam
nayakam

Reputation: 4249

Read the object one by one then add to list. Just reverse the way you write the object. Check sample code below:

List<AnimalBuild> animalList  = new ArrayList<AnimalBuild>();
Object obj = null;
while ((obj = ois.readObject()) != null) {
    if (obj instanceof AnimalBuild) {
    AnimalBuild ab = (AnimalBuild) obj;
    animalList .add(ab);
    }
}

You could write the entire list as one object to the file and then read it back as same object rather than writing one by one.

Upvotes: 0

Peter Lawrey
Peter Lawrey

Reputation: 533530

When you serialize data you need to read it in a compatible manner to how it was written. You are writing each element individually so to read this you would need to read them individually.

However, writing a list is simpler.

try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("animal2.txt"))) {
    oos.writeObject(a);
}

To read the list

List<AnimalBuild> animalList;
try (ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("animal2.txt"))) {
     animalList = (List<AnimalBuild>) ois.readObject(); // casting object
}

Upvotes: 1

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