Is there any prob in storing javaobject in Win platform & access thru Linux

Hello friends,
I have stored java objects in a file named test.dat by using java.io.ObjectOutputStream in windows platform. I would like to read the objects from the file using java.lang.ObjectInputStream in Linux platform. Is it possible....???, if not then tell me the reason please......!!!, if possible please tell, is there any difference........???
Thanks & Regards,
Kayalvizhi.M

Hi,
I think it should work fine, although i haven't tried it.
The reasoning goes soemthing like this
since java is a platform independent language, hence it should work fine on all platforms provided the JVM for the appropriate platform is installed and configured properly.
And since you are using Java API only i don't think it should cause a problem.
And also since java is a object oriented Language, the objects would remain same on all platforms.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Ashaya

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