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    If you're not going to serialize the objects, why are they Serializable? Commented Nov 13, 2008 at 5:34
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    @erickson - the parent class may be serializable, say, ArrayList, but you want your own object (say, a modified array list) to use it as a base but are never going to serialize the Collection that you create. Commented Mar 30, 2009 at 14:12
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    It isn't mentioned anywhere in the Java Language Specification. It's mentioned in the Object Versioning Specification. Commented Feb 7, 2014 at 1:10
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    Here is the link to the Java 8 Object Versioning Specification. Commented Nov 3, 2014 at 4:12