ObjectInputStream Not Working Like It Should

Question

i have made a class used to save and load contacts from a phonebook. my saving method works fine and it seems that my loading method is also fine, but for some reason the contacts arent loaded back into the phonebook on startup. here are the methods:
the save method:
public void saveContacts(JPanel[] savePanelArray){
        IOPanelArray = savePanelArray;
        out = null;
        try{
            out = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("files/contacts")));
            out.writeObject(IOPanelArray);
        }catch(IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }finally{
            if(out != null){
                try{
                    out.close();
                }catch(IOException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
    }the load method:
public void loadContacts(JPanel[] loadPanelArray){
        IOPanelArray = loadPanelArray;
        in = null;
        try{
            in = new ObjectInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream("files/contacts")));
            IOPanelArray = (JPanel[])in.readObject();
        }catch(IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }finally{
            if(in != null){
                try{
                    in.close();
                }catch(IOException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
    }this is how i used the load method in another class:
public JavaPhonebook(){
        buildMenu();
        buildToolBar();
        buildTabs();
        buildFrame();
        contactIO = new ContactIO();
        contactIO.loadContacts(mainPanelArray);
    }the contacts are only loaded once everything has been "built" so it should work... or am i missing something somewhere? im not too good when it comes to serialization so please bear with me :)

Answer 1

wow my head is about to explode right now hahaha! i edited the save and load methods to this (the load method aint complete at the moment):
public void saveContacts(String saveName, String saveNumber, String saveEMail){
        IOName = saveName;
        IONumber = saveNumber;
        IOEMail = saveEMail;
        out = null;
        try{
            out = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("files/contacts")));
            out.writeObject(IOName);
            out.writeObject(IONumber);
            out.writeObject(IOEMail);
        }catch(IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }finally{
            if(out != null){
                try{
                    out.close();
                }catch(IOException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
    public void loadContacts(){
        in = null;
        try{
            in = new ObjectInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream("files/contacts")));
            IOName = (String)in.readObject();
            IONumber = (String)in.readObject();
            IOEMail = (String)in.readObject();
        }catch(IOException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }finally{
            if(in != null){
                try{
                    in.close();
                }catch(IOException e){
                    e.printStackTrace();
    }is this what u were talking about? probably not right? :)
Message was edited by:
Alex1989