static in serialization

[jomypgeorge]

hi friends,
i have a doubt in serialization. i have read that static variables are not serialized.
but when i tested it does...?

import java.io.*;
import java.lang.Exception;

class Serializer
{
public static void main(String ... args)
	{
	try
		{
		
		Model obj = new Model();
		obj.a += 10;
		ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("myfile"));
		oos.writeObject(obj);
		oos.close();
		ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("myfile"));
		obj = (Model)ois.readObject();
		ois.close();
		System.out.println("a = "+obj.a);
		System.out.println("b = "+obj.b);
		}	
		catch(Exception e)
		{
		System.out.println(e);
		}
	}

}

class Model implements Serializable
{
static int a = 7;
transient int b = 11;
}

whats happening here?
does static variables saved on serialization?

thanks in advance....

[JosAH]

When you instantiate a new Model, the class is loaded and initialized; you set the static member variable to 17. When an object is deserialized its class is loaded and initialized unless it already is; here the class Model is already loaded and initialized so a ends up to be equal to 17. Transient members aren't saved to the stream as you could have noticed.

kind regards,

Jos

[jomypgeorge]

thanks josAH ......