If a class does not explicitly define a private static final long serialVersionUID
in the code it will be autogenerated, and there is no guarantee that different machines will generate the same id; it looks like that is exactly what happened.
Also if the classes are different in any way (using different versions of the class) the autogenerated serialVersionUID
s will also be different.
From the Serializable
interface's docs:
If a serializable class does not explicitly declare a
serialVersionUID
, then the serialization runtime will calculate a defaultserialVersionUID
value for that class based on various aspects of the class, as described in the Java(TM) Object Serialization Specification. However, it is strongly recommended that all serializable classes explicitly declareserialVersionUID
values, since the defaultserialVersionUID
computation is highly sensitive to class details that may vary depending on compiler implementations, and can thus result in unexpectedInvalidClassExceptions
during deserialization. Therefore, to guarantee a consistentserialVersionUID
value across different java compiler implementations, a serializable class must declare an explicitserialVersionUID
value. It is also strongly advised that explicitserialVersionUID
declarations use theprivate
modifier where possible, since such declarations apply only to the immediately declaring class--serialVersionUID
fields are not useful as inherited members. Array classes cannot declare an explicitserialVersionUID
, so they always have the default computed value, but the requirement for matchingserialVersionUID
values is waived for array classes.
You should define a serialVersionUID
in the class definition, e.g.:
class MyClass implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 6529685098267757690L;
...