serialization - java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid stream header: 4D6F7374

Question

The Java code is

        ObjectInputStream ois=new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("src/Stringdata.txt"));    
        String s=(String)ois.readObject();
        System.out.println(s.toString());

        } catch (IOException e) {

            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {

            e.printStackTrace();
        }

here am getting java.io.StreamCorruptedException: invalid stream header: 4D6F7374 this error please help me

Answer 1

An ObjectInputStream deserializes primitive data and objects previously written using an ObjectOutputStream. src/Stringdata.txt is probably not a file of serialized objects previously written using an ObjectOutputStream. You probably want to use InputStreamReader instead