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| From | Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) |
| Date | 2015-05-13 22:49 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mj12h9$b4n$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 05/13/2015 10:33 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
> On 05/12/2015 11:54 AM, Ajay Paul wrote:
>> My understanding is that JVM looking for specific signatures for the
>> Java class library marker interface just like it does for main method.
>
> I don't understand this statement.
>
>> hence interfaces like Serializable, Clonable have a specific meaning
>> to the jvm.
>
> A marker interface, like Serializable or Cloneable may have a specific
> meaning to a Java Virtual Machine, or to a Java compiler, or to another
> Java class.
>
> In the particular case of deserializing a serialized Java object the
> meaning of the Serializable interface to a JVM is that it is possible
> that it can proceed to reconstruct that serialized object according to
> the Java Object Serialization Specification.
^
when called upon to do so
>
> What would a Java compiler do with the knowledge that a class implements
> the java.io.Serializable interface?
>
> What classes in the Java standard library could make use of the
> knowledge that another class implements the java.io.Serializable
> interface, and what could they do with this knowledge?
>
>>
>> so, its roughly like an IoC principle: "Instead of I define myself,
>> you define me".
>
> I don't understand this statement.
>
>>
>> Am I correct ?
>>
>
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how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Ajay Paul <ajaykpaul@gmail.com> - 2015-05-10 03:08 -0700
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-10 07:41 -0400
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2015-05-10 14:00 +0200
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-06-03 21:49 -0400
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Ajay Paul <ajaykpaul@gmail.com> - 2015-05-12 08:54 -0700
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-05-12 18:53 +0200
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-12 19:07 -0400
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-05-14 00:14 +0200
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-12 21:34 -0400
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-06-03 21:27 -0400
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-13 22:33 -0400
Re: how does a marker interface give specific instruction to jvm(java internals) Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-05-13 22:49 -0400
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