Although the java.awt.Image abstract class is marked serializeable, image objects can not be serialized.

Several customers have bumped into this over the last few days; there have been
other similar reports:

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From: MASSIMO CARLI <###@###.###>
Subject: Image Serialization error


HI,
i have an error when i try to save, with serialization, an image object. The
error is

Java.io.NetSerializableException  in sun.awt.image.ImageRappresentation


Please help me

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From: Luciano Ongaro <###@###.###>
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Subject:      Image Serialization
Date:         Thu, 9 Jan 1997 13:58:18 +0000

Hi,
please tell me if something is moving about Image serialization.

                                        Thank You
                                        Luciano Ongaro


From: "Daniel B." <###@###.###>
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Subject:      Image not serialized????
Date:         Thu, 9 Jan 1997 09:47:34 -0600

Just ran up against a problem last night.
It seems that despite an Image being marked as Serailizable
the undlying implementation (1.1b2) has data in it that is NOT
serialized.  I get a serialization exception for the representation
of the image.

Is there a way to work around this omission?

Is JavaSoft going to fix it? Or do they see it as some cross platform
feature that they will not support?

Dan