problem with loading/saving hashmaps

[S.Mason]

So normally, using hashmaps as small databases to carry some data has worked for me just fine. But this time I'm getting an error which I'm not so sure about.

When I save the hashmap, this is the code that goes into it

SaveObjects file = new SaveObjects();
        String save = file.save("ns.dat", "nsDir", DatabaseManager.database);

This is the actual "save" method:

public String save(String filename, String directory, Object object){

        try{
            FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream(filename);
            try (ObjectOutputStream stream = new ObjectOutputStream(file)) {
                stream.writeObject(object);
            }
            
            return "saved";
        }
        catch(Exception ex){
            Logger.getLogger(SaveObjects.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "save file not saved",ex);
            return "NOT saved.";
        }  
    }

that part seems to work without errors. The problem comes when I try to load it.

This the code in my main method:

File saveFile = new File(file + File.separator + "ns.dat");
            if(saveFile.exists()){
                new NameSMART().loadFiles("ns.dat",file.getName());
            }
            else{
                Logger.getLogger(NameSMART.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO,"save file not found.");
            }

here is that loadFiles method:

private void loadFiles (String filename, String directory){
        SaveObjects file = new SaveObjects();
        try{
           if (file.load(filename, directory) != null){
               DatabaseManager.database = (HashMap<Byte,HashMap<String,ArrayList<String>>>) file.load(filename, directory); 
               Logger.getLogger(NameSMART.class.getName()).log(Level.INFO, "Loaded files successfully");
           }
        } catch(Exception e){
            Logger.getLogger(NameSMART.class.getName()).log(Level.WARNING, "Unable to load files",e);
        }   
    }

here is the actual load method that's been called at the end:

public Object load(String filename, String directory){
        
        Object object = null;
        try {
            FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(directory + File.separator + filename);
            try {
                ObjectInputStream stream = new ObjectInputStream(file);
                try {
                    object = stream.readObject();
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                    Logger.getLogger(SaveObjects.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                }
                
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(SaveObjects.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
            
        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
           Logger.getLogger(SaveObjects.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        
        return object;
    }

and finally here is the error I'm getting everytime the program tries to load that hashmap

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.B
oolean cannot be cast to java.awt.Font
        at javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusStyle.getFontForState(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthStyle.installDefaults(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.nimbus.NimbusStyle.installDefaults(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthViewportUI.updateStyle(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthViewportUI.installDefaults(Unknown Source
)
        at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthViewportUI.installUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JViewport.setUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JViewport.updateUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JViewport.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JScrollPane.createViewport(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JScrollPane.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboPopup.createScroller(Unknown Source)

        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboPopup.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthComboPopup.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthComboBoxUI.createPopup(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboBoxUI.installUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthComboBoxUI.installUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComboBox.setUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComboBox.updateUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComboBox.init(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JComboBox.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at namesmart.NameSMART.initComponents(NameSMART.java:76)
        at namesmart.NameSMART.<init>(NameSMART.java:29)
        at namesmart.NameSMART$19.run(NameSMART.java:1002)
        at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Sour
ce)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

As far as I can tell it seems like I'm not doing the class cast right. this part though

 java.lang.B
oolean cannot be cast to java.awt.Font

keeps changing. Sometimes it says number instead of font or color. I'm thinking that the program is not saving the hashmap properly in the first place? Any thoughts on this?

[Fubarable]

What are you saving in your HashMap?

[S.Mason]

What are you saving in your HashMap?

(HashMap<Byte,HashMap<String,ArrayList<String>>>)

[doWhile]

Just going by your exception alone, I have seen a similar problem using Nimbus. See:
http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do;jses...bug_id=6785663
The problem I experienced was most definitely a threading issue, as a thorough investigation led me to small pieces of code mistakenly updating Swing components on a thread other than the EDT. Correctly dispatching the updates to the EDT fixed the problem for me, so I'd recommend double checking your threading and how it relates to GUI updates