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  30 Provides for system input and output through data streams,
  31 serialization and the file system.
  32 
  33 Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a constructor
  34 or method in any class or interface in this package will cause a
  35 <tt>NullPointerException</tt> to be thrown.
  36 
  37 <h2>Package Specification</h2>
  38 <ul>
  39   <li><a href="../../../platform/serialization/spec/serialTOC.html"> Java Object Serialization Specification </a>
  40 </ul>
  41 
  42 <h2>Related Documentation</h2>
  43 
  44 For overviews, tutorials, examples, guides, and tool documentation,
  45 please see:
  46 <ul>
  47   <li><a href="../../../technotes/guides/serialization">Serialization Enhancements</a>
  48 </ul>
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  50 @since 1.0
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