继上次分析了java的序列化过程之后，对于serialVersionUID的处理还不是很清晰，今天再看下代码，对serialVersionUID的处理进行了了解，上次的序列化过程分析可以参考另外一篇文章：http://zhwj184.iteye.com/blog/1550699
ObjectOutputStream.java调用writeObject的时候会调用到下面的代码：
这是调用ObjectStreamClass.java的writeNonProxy方法，写入非代理类的元数据信息
在写入类的元数据的时候会把serialVersionUID写入：
/**
* Writes non-proxy class descriptor information to given output stream.
*/
void writeNonProxy(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
out.writeUTF(name);
out.writeLong(getSerialVersionUID());
byte flags = 0;
if (externalizable) {
flags |= ObjectStreamConstants.SC_EXTERNALIZABLE;
int protocol = out.getProtocolVersion();
if (protocol != ObjectStreamConstants.PROTOCOL_VERSION_1) {
flags |= ObjectStreamConstants.SC_BLOCK_DATA;
}
} else if (serializable) {
flags |= ObjectStreamConstants.SC_SERIALIZABLE;
}
if (hasWriteObjectData) {
flags |= ObjectStreamConstants.SC_WRITE_METHOD;
}
if (isEnum) {
flags |= ObjectStreamConstants.SC_ENUM;
}
out.writeByte(flags);
out.writeShort(fields.length);
for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
ObjectStreamField f = fields[i];
out.writeByte(f.getTypeCode());
out.writeUTF(f.getName());
if (!f.isPrimitive()) {
out.writeTypeString(f.getTypeString());
}
}
}在读取的时候会做几个部分的校验：
在ObjectInputStream.java的readObject方法时调用ObjectStreamClass.java的readNonProxy方法，
这里会读取suid = Long.valueOf(in.readLong());就是读取serialVersionUID，然后先做第一步校验if (isEnum && suid.longValue() != 0L) 如果是枚举类则serialVersionUID为0.
void readNonProxy(ObjectInputStream in)
throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
{
name = in.readUTF();
suid = Long.valueOf(in.readLong());
isProxy = false;
byte flags = in.readByte();
hasWriteObjectData =
((flags & ObjectStreamConstants.SC_WRITE_METHOD) != 0);
hasBlockExternalData =
((flags & ObjectStreamConstants.SC_BLOCK_DATA) != 0);
externalizable =
((flags & ObjectStreamConstants.SC_EXTERNALIZABLE) != 0);
boolean sflag =
((flags & ObjectStreamConstants.SC_SERIALIZABLE) != 0);
if (externalizable && sflag) {
throw new InvalidClassException(
name, "serializable and externalizable flags conflict");
}
serializable = externalizable || sflag;
isEnum = ((flags & ObjectStreamConstants.SC_ENUM) != 0);
if (isEnum && suid.longValue() != 0L) {
throw new InvalidClassException(name,
"enum descriptor has non-zero serialVersionUID: " + suid);
}
int numFields = in.readShort();
if (isEnum && numFields != 0) {
throw new InvalidClassException(name,
"enum descriptor has non-zero field count: " + numFields);
}
fields = (numFields > 0) ?
new ObjectStreamField[numFields] : NO_FIELDS;
for (int i = 0; i < numFields; i++) {
char tcode = (char) in.readByte();
String fname = in.readUTF();
String signature = ((tcode == 'L') || (tcode == '[')) ?
in.readTypeString() : new String(new char[] { tcode });
try {
fields[i] = new ObjectStreamField(fname, signature, false);
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
throw (IOException) new InvalidClassException(name,
"invalid descriptor for field " + fname).initCause(e);
}
}
computeFieldOffsets();
}然后下面还会对serialVersionUID进行下一步的验证：同样是在ObjectStreamClass.java的initNonProxy方法，suid = Long.valueOf(model.getSerialVersionUID());去除序列化后的model对象的serialVersionUID，if (serializable == localDesc.serializable &&!cl.isArray() &&suid.longValue() != localDesc.getSerialVersionUID()) 然后判断是否跟本地的class对象是否都是继承serializable 接口，并且cl不是数组，且serialVersionUID要跟当前序列化的class对象的serialVersionUID一致。
/**
* Initializes class descriptor representing a non-proxy class.
*/
void initNonProxy(ObjectStreamClass model,
Class cl,
ClassNotFoundException resolveEx,
ObjectStreamClass superDesc)
throws InvalidClassException
{
this.cl = cl;
this.resolveEx = resolveEx;
this.superDesc = superDesc;
name = model.name;
suid = Long.valueOf(model.getSerialVersionUID());
isProxy = false;
isEnum = model.isEnum;
serializable = model.serializable;
externalizable = model.externalizable;
hasBlockExternalData = model.hasBlockExternalData;
hasWriteObjectData = model.hasWriteObjectData;
fields = model.fields;
primDataSize = model.primDataSize;
numObjFields = model.numObjFields;
if (cl != null) {
localDesc = lookup(cl, true);
if (localDesc.isProxy) {
throw new InvalidClassException(
"cannot bind non-proxy descriptor to a proxy class");
}
if (isEnum != localDesc.isEnum) {
throw new InvalidClassException(isEnum ?
"cannot bind enum descriptor to a non-enum class" :
"cannot bind non-enum descriptor to an enum class");
}
if (serializable == localDesc.serializable &&
!cl.isArray() &&
suid.longValue() != localDesc.getSerialVersionUID())
{
throw new InvalidClassException(localDesc.name,
"local class incompatible: " +
"stream classdesc serialVersionUID = " + suid +
", local class serialVersionUID = " +
localDesc.getSerialVersionUID());
}
if (!classNamesEqual(name, localDesc.name)) {
throw new InvalidClassException(localDesc.name,
"local class name incompatible with stream class " +
"name \"" + name + "\"");
}
if (!isEnum) {
if ((serializable == localDesc.serializable) &&
(externalizable != localDesc.externalizable))
{
throw new InvalidClassException(localDesc.name,
"Serializable incompatible with Externalizable");
}
if ((serializable != localDesc.serializable) ||
(externalizable != localDesc.externalizable) ||
!(serializable || externalizable))
{
deserializeEx = new InvalidClassException(localDesc.name,
"class invalid for deserialization");
}
}
cons = localDesc.cons;
writeObjectMethod = localDesc.writeObjectMethod;
readObjectMethod = localDesc.readObjectMethod;
readObjectNoDataMethod = localDesc.readObjectNoDataMethod;
writeReplaceMethod = localDesc.writeReplaceMethod;
readResolveMethod = localDesc.readResolveMethod;
if (deserializeEx == null) {
deserializeEx = localDesc.deserializeEx;
}
}
fieldRefl = getReflector(fields, localDesc);
// reassign to matched fields so as to reflect local unshared settings
fields = fieldRefl.getFields();
}
所以serialVersionUID在前后都不能做修改，否则会导致序列化失败。