Change boolean value in a method

Question

How could the following be done:
I have an object file deserialized and I want to call its methods. I want one of the methods to return a boolean. When I call this method I want the value of boolean to be set to true. So when I want to call this method again I want the boolean to be set to true. Therfore I will be unable to call this method.
Below is the code that I have used.
Thanks in advance
public interface Call
  public void execute();
  public boolean test();
import java.util.*;
public class Example implements java.io.Serializable,Call
  public void execute()
  System.out.println("Example has printed out");
   public boolean test()
     System.out.println("The test method has been called");
}Should I provide all of the code? Or is the above enough

Answer 1

I'm glad you've bought a book, I hope you find it enlightening. Incidentally, I'm not annoyed, only amused, but either way if we don't understand your questions, we can't help you can we ?
Do try to remember that we don't know what you're trying to achieve here - we don't have the big picture.
So in your update, I still don't know, really, what you're getting at. I particularly don't understand what (if any) relevance you think Serialization has to this problem. However, here is my best guess:
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Example
   implements Serializable,Call
   public void execute()
      if(!test())
         System.out.println("Will not do the work");
      else
         System.out.println("Will do the work");
         doWork();
   public void doWork()
      // This method will ONLY get called the first time you
      // call execute() and never again.
   public boolean test()
      System.out.println("The test method has been called");
      if( m_status == true )
         m_status = false;
         return true;
      return false;
   // The status of the test - initially true
   private boolean m_status = true;
}