serialver(1)                                                      serialver(1)



NAME
       serialver - serial version command

SYNOPSIS
       serialver [ -show ] [ classnames ] [ -Joption

DESCRIPTION
       The  serialver  command  returns  the  serialVersionUID for one or more
       classes in a form suitable for copying into an  evolving  class.   When
       invoked with no arguments, it prints a usage line.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -show          Displays  a simple user interface.  Enter the full class
                      name and press either the Enter key or the  Show  button
                      to display the serialVersionUID.

       -Joption       Pass option to the Java virtual machine, where option is
                      one of the options described on the  man  page  for  the
                      java  application  launcher,  java(1).  For example, -J-
                      Xms48m sets the startup memory to 48 megabytes. It is  a
                      common convention for -J to pass options to the underly-
                      ing virtual machine.

OPERANDS
       The following operand is supported:

       classnames     One or more class names.

SEE ALSO
       See (or search java.sun.com) for the following:

       java.io.ObjectStreamClass @@
            http:/java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.html



                                 14 July 2000                     serialver(1)