import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import utilities.*;
import utilities.files.*;

public class CustomSerialization extends Object implements Serializable {

public int testField;
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
// CustomSerialization Constructor
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
public CustomSerialization(int number) {
	this.testField = number;
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
// Custom writeObject/readObject methods.
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
long timestamp;

	out.defaultWriteObject();

	// add a timestamp to every CustomSerialization object serialized
	timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
	out.writeLong(timestamp);
	System.out.println("Object being serialized on " + new Date(timestamp));
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
long timestamp;

	in.defaultReadObject();

	// read back the serialization timestamp and display it
	timestamp = in.readLong();
	System.out.println("Object was serialized on " + new Date(timestamp));
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
// Overridden Object.toString()
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
public String toString() {
	return new Integer(testField).toString();
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
// CustomSerialization serialization test
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
public static void main (String[] args) {
CustomSerialization object;

	object = new CustomSerialization(65535);
	System.out.println("Serializing object..");
	FileKit.saveObject(object, "custom.ser");

	// let garbage collector wipe our object away
	object = null;

	// waste some random amount of time.
	MiscKit.delay( (int) (Math.random()*10000));

	// read serialized object back and display its state
	System.out.println("Time now: " + new Date());
	System.out.println("Deserializing object..");

	object = (CustomSerialization) FileKit.loadObject("custom.ser");
	System.out.println("Custom object: " + object);
}
} // End of Class CustomSerialization