serializable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English serial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English serialize Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English serializable From serialize + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That can be serialized.
If a class is serializable, all of its subclasses are also serializable.
2006, Herbert Schildt, Java: The Complete Reference:This implies that the fields must be either of primitive types or of class types that are themselves serializable.
2002, Ivor Horton, Beginning Java 2: SDK 1.4 Edition: