# Class MarshalledObject<T>

java.lang.Object
java.rmi.MarshalledObject<T>

Type Parameters:
  `T` - the type of the object contained in this `MarshalledObject`

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`

public final class MarshalledObject<T> extends Object implements Serializable
A `MarshalledObject` contains a byte stream with the serialized representation of an object given to its constructor. The `get` method returns a new copy of the original object, as deserialized from the contained byte stream. The contained object is serialized and deserialized with the same serialization semantics used for marshaling and unmarshaling parameters and return values of RMI calls: When the serialized form is created:

- classes are annotated with a codebase URL from where the class can be loaded (if available), and
- any remote object in the `MarshalledObject` is represented by a serialized instance of its stub.

When copy of the object is retrieved (via the `get` method), if the class is not available locally, it will be loaded from the appropriate location (specified the URL annotated with the class descriptor when the class was serialized.

`MarshalledObject` facilitates passing objects in RMI calls that are not automatically deserialized immediately by the remote peer.

Since:
  1.2
See Also:
  - Serialized Form

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `MarshalledObject(T obj)`
  Creates a new `MarshalledObject` that contains the serialized representation of the current state of the supplied object.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `boolean`
  `equals(Object obj)`
  Compares this `MarshalledObject` to another object.
  `T`
  `get()`
  Returns a new copy of the contained marshalledobject.
  `int`
  `hashCode()`
  Return a hash code for this `MarshalledObject`.

  ### Methods declared in class Object

  `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### MarshalledObject

    public MarshalledObject(T obj) throws IOException
    Creates a new `MarshalledObject` that contains the serialized representation of the current state of the supplied object. The object is serialized with the semantics used for marshaling parameters for RMI calls.
    Parameters:
      `obj` - the object to be serialized (must be serializable)
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an `IOException` occurs; an `IOException` may occur if `obj` is not serializable.
    Since:
      1.2

- ## Method Details

  - ### get

    public T get() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
    Returns a new copy of the contained marshalledobject. The internal representation is deserialized with the semantics used for unmarshaling parameters for RMI calls. If the MarshalledObject was read from an ObjectInputStream, the filter from that stream is used to deserialize the object.
    Returns:
      a copy of the contained object
    Throws:
      `IOException` - if an `IOException` occurs while deserializing the object from its internal representation.
      `ClassNotFoundException` - if a `ClassNotFoundException` occurs while deserializing the object from its internal representation. could not be found
    Since:
      1.2

  - ### hashCode

    public int hashCode()
    Return a hash code for this `MarshalledObject`.
    Overrides:
      `hashCode` in class `Object`
    Returns:
      a hash code
    See Also:
      - `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`
      - `System.identityHashCode(Object)`

  - ### equals

    public boolean equals(Object obj)
    Compares this `MarshalledObject` to another object. Returns true if and only if the argument refers to a `MarshalledObject` that contains exactly the same serialized representation of an object as this one does. The comparison ignores any class codebase annotation, meaning that two objects are equivalent if they have the same serialized representation except for the codebase of each class in the serialized representation.
    Overrides:
      `equals` in class `Object`
    Parameters:
      `obj` - the object to compare with this `MarshalledObject`
    Returns:
      `true` if the argument contains an equivalent serialized object; `false` otherwise
    Since:
      1.2
    See Also:
      - `Object.hashCode()`
      - `HashMap`