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/**

 * Provides for system input and output through data streams,

 * serialization and the file system.

 *

 * Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a constructor or

 * method in any class or interface in this package will cause a

 * {@code NullPointerException} to be thrown.

 *

 * <h2>Object Serialization</h2>

 * <p><strong>Warning: Deserialization of untrusted data is inherently dangerous

 * and should be avoided. Untrusted data should be carefully validated according to the

 * "Serialization and Deserialization" section of the

 * {@extLink secure_coding_guidelines_javase Secure Coding Guidelines for Java SE}.

 * </strong></p>

 * <ul>

 *   <li><a href="{@docRoot}/../specs/serialization/index.html">

 *       <cite>Java Object Serialization Specification</cite></a>

 *   <li>{@extLink serialization_filter_guide Serial Filtering} best practices</li>

 *   <li>{@extLink serialver_tool_reference The serialver tool}</li>

 * </ul>

 *

 * @since 1.0

 */

package java.io;