ObjectStreamClass class methods in Java

java.io.ObjectStreamClass

Serialization's descriptor for classes. It contains the name and serialVersionUID of the class. The ObjectStreamClass for a specific class loaded in this Java VM can be found/created using the lookup method.

Some methods of ObjectStreamClass class

forClass(): This method returns the class to the local VM that this version is mapped to.

getField(String): This method gets the field of this class by name.

getFields(): This method returns an array of the fields of this serializable class.

getName(): This method returns the name of the class described by this descriptor.

getSerialVersionUID(): This method returns the serialVersionUID for this class.

lookup(Class): This method creates an ObjectStreamClass instance if one does not exist yet for the class.

lookupAny(Class): This method returns the descriptor for any class, regardless of whether it implements Serializable.

toString(): This method returns a string describing this ObjectStreamClass.