> The serialization process seems > to serialize the superclass state based on their own SerialVersionUIDs > -- that seems like the logical way to do it in any case as otherwise a > subclass would have to know the implementation details for all > superclasses.
Ah. I agree, but can't easily verify myself (looking it up in the JDK's serialization code would probably be a good idea, but I have no idea where to look first). Agreeing to the rest as well. Regards, Jo
