Serialize a java.awt.geom.Area

Question

Hi all,

I have the need to serialize an Area object (java.awt.geom.Area) in a socket. However it doesn't seem to be serializable. Is there a way to do such thing? Maybe by converting it into a different object?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use XStream to trivially convert it to/from XML. You don't need your object to implement particular interfaces, and the serialisation is customisable.