package test;

/**
 *  Test the serialization in Java
 *
 *@author     Didier Donsez
 *@version 1.0 (without setter methods)
 */
public class Person implements java.io.Serializable {

	private String firstname;
	private String lastname;
	transient private int age; // this field is transient : it is not serialized
	private String[] phones;

	// default constructor is mandatory for deserialization process
	public Person(){

	} 

	public Person(String firstname, String lastname, int age, String[] phones){
		this.firstname=firstname;
		this.lastname=lastname;
		this.age=age;
		this.phones=phones;
	} 

	public String toString(){
		StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer();
		sb.append("My name is ").append(firstname).append(' ').append(lastname);
		sb.append("\nI'm ").append(age).append(" year-old");
		sb.append("\nMy phone numbers are:");
		for(int i=0; i<phones.length; i++)
			sb.append(phones[i]).append(' ');		
		return sb.toString();
	} 
}