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.TH serialver 1 "10 May 2011"

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.SH "Name"
serialver \- The Serial Version Command
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The \f3serialver\fP command returns the \f2serialVersionUID\fP.
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\f3
.fl
\fP\f3serialver\fP [ options ] [ classnames ]
.fl
.fi

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.RS 3
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options 
Command\-line options, as specified in this document. 
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classnames 
One or more class names 
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\f3serialver\fP returns the \f2serialVersionUID\fP for one or more classes in a form suitable for copying into an evolving class. When invoked with no arguments it prints a usage line.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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\-classpath <directories and zip/jar files separated by :> 
Set search path for application classes and resources. 
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.RS 3
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\-show 
Displays a simple user interface. Enter the full class name and press either the Enter key or the Show button to display the serialVersionUID. 
.TP 3
\-Joption 
Pass \f2option\fP to the Java virtual machine, where \f2option\fP is one of the options described on the reference page for the java(1). For example, \f3\-J\-Xms48m\fP sets the startup memory to 48 megabytes. 
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.SH "NOTES"
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The \f3serialver\fP command loads and initializes the specified classes in its virtual machine, and by default, it does not set a security manager. If \f3serialver\fP is to be run with untrusted classes, a security manager can be set with the following option:
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\f2\-J\-Djava.security.manager\fP
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and, if necessary, a security policy can be specified with the following option:
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\f2\-J\-Djava.security.policy=<policy file>\fP
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.na
\f2java.io.ObjectStreamClass\fP @
.fi
http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.html
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