What is the need of transient variables in Java ?

Marcus

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Variables may be marked transient to indicate that they are not part of the persistent state of an object.
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johnpaulmathew

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If you mark an instance field of a Java class as 'transient', it means that it is not part of the persistent state of an object of that class.

Its main use is when you're serializing an object. Any fields marked as 'transient' are simply ignored in the serialization process. This is equivalent in C# to marking a field with the NonSerialized attribute.

Vulpes

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