Can serialization cause a higher memory footprint?
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Hey folks,
does serialization in Java always have to shrink the memory that is used to hold an object structure? Or is it likely that serialization will have higher costs?
In other words: Is serialization a tool to shrink the memory footprint of object structures in Java?
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