title: What is Serializable in Java?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3429921/what-does-serializable-mean">What does Serializable mean?</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>I have </p>
  
  <pre><code>class Person implements Serializable {
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>what is the use of that and what will happen if I simply use</p>
  
  <pre><code>class Person {
  }
  </code></pre>