Deserializing a file not serailized by Java

Question

Hello All,
I am trying to deserialize and read a file which has been previously serialized using VC++. Is there a way to read a file in Java, serialized by VC++. When i read using ObjectInputStream, exception is thrown (StreamCorruptedException). The file structure of the serialized file is as below:
PC Records(Array)
ObjectRecord
Name;(string)
SecurityLevel;(unsigned char)
SecurityGroup;(string)
ScanTime;(unsigned char)
ElementNum;(int)
PCDevice;(unsigned char)
m_SerNum[5];(unsigned char)
m_DeviceChanCount; (unsigned char)
m_ModelID; (unsigned char)
m_ChanNum; (unsigned char)
m_LastBlock; (unsigned short)
m_ScanTime; (unsigned char)
m_Owner; (unsigned char)
m_Gain; (unsigned char)
PCPath;(string)
m_PCName;(string)
a; (unsigned char)
b; (unsigned char)
could somebody give me a hint to deserialize and read this file using Java. Any help and sample source code is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hello All,
Thanks for your comments. When the file is read using RandomAccessFile and data is read into a byte array, how do u find out how many arrays are present inside and read them accordingly (using the foll format):
PC Records(Array)
ObjectRecord
Name;(string)
SecurityLevel;(unsigned char)
SecurityGroup;(string)
ScanTime;(unsigned char)
ElementNum;(int)
public class Temp {
static FileInputStream inFile;
static DataInputStream inData;
public static void main (String args[])
int len=0;
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
try{
File file = new File("sample1.lmd");
inFile = new FileInputStream( file );
RandomAccessFile inData = new RandomAccessFile(file,"r");
System.out.println("File Descriptor is "+ inData.getFD());
System.out.println("File Channel is "+ inData.getChannel());
System.out.println("File Length is "+ inData.length());
System.out.println("File Pointer is "+ inData.getFilePointer());
while ((len = inFile.read(buf)) !=-1)
inData.read(buf, 0, len);
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("exception is "+e);
Thanks