SERIALVER(1)

💅 serialver says hiii 💅

okay so bestie, you're in the JDK Commands manual and this little icon is serialver. She's literally here to hand you the serialVersionUID for one or more classes, formatted so you can copy-paste it into an evolving class without a whole crisis. it's giving copy-paste-ready, no cap. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

serialver — return the serialVersionUID for one or more classes in a form suitable for copying into an evolving class. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

serialver [options] [classnames]

• options — this represents the command-line options for the serialver command, bestie. See Options for serialver.
• classnames — the classes for which serialVersionUID is to be returned.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The serialver command returns the serialVersionUID for one or more classes in a form suitable for copying into an evolving class. 🫶

When you call it with no arguments, serialver prints a usage line. that's it, that's the vibe check.

💅 OPTIONS FOR SERIALVER 💅

• -classpath path-files — sets the search path for application classes and resources. separate classes and resources with a colon (:). yes, the colon is lowkey important, bestie.
• -Joption — passes the specified option to the Java Virtual Machine, where option is one of the options described on the reference page for the Java application launcher. for example, -J-Xms48m sets the startup memory to 48 MB. slay. 🔥

🚨 WARNING 🚨

okay bestie, listen up: the serialver command loads and initializes the specified classes in order to determine their serialVersionUID values. DO NOT RUN serialver on untrusted classes. like, seriously, do not. this is not the moment for main character energy. 💀

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mwah 💋 this page is from JDK 27-ea, dated 2026, and its manual-page tag is SERIALVER(1). bye bestie, go get those serialVersionUIDs 🫶✨