> -- SerialVersionUID seems to matter on the generated subclass, > especially since this is where all of the state of CayenneDataObject > exists. But I can only infer this -- I cannot find a specific > statement. [1] [2]
I can ;-) > [1] http://download.oracle.com/javase/1,5.0/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html Last sentence on the page: "It is also strongly advised that explicit serialVersionUID declarations use the private modifier where possible, since such declarations apply only to the immediately declaring class--serialVersionUID fields are not useful as inherited members." Actually, I slightly disagree with that sentence: a class could build its SerialVersionUID working off the superclass' SerialVersionUID. But the serialization mechanism itself does not use superclass SerialVersionUIDs AFAIK. Regards, Jo
