Serialization inaccurate

[consp1racy]

What is serialization? How do you implement it?

Serialization is the process of converting an object into a stream of bytes in order to store an object into memory so that it can be recreated at a later time while still keeping the objects original state and data. In Java there are two methods of doing this, one is by implementing Serializable or Parcelable.

Parcelable is Android exclusive. Java has Externalizable.

In Android, however, Serializable should never be used in Android.

That's like saying you should never use enums on Android. (You shouldn't use enums to represent an integer or string constant.)

Parcelable was created to be more efficient then Serializable, and performs about 10x faster then Serializable because Serializable uses reflection which is a slow process and tends to create a lot of temporary objects which may cause garbage collection to occur more often.

That's the default if you just stamp Serializable interface onto a class and don't override writeObject or don't implement Externalizable. There's no mention that Parcelable is not as automatic as Serializable.

[amitshekhariitbhu]

will update it accordingly.