public class LoggingInfo implements java.io.Serializable 
{ 
  private Date loggingDate = new Date(); 
  private String uid; 
  private transient String pwd; 
  
  LoggingInfo(String user, String password) 
  { 
    uid = user; 
    pwd = password; 
  } 
  public String toString() 
  { 
    String password=null; 
    if(pwd == null) 
    { 
    password = "NOT SET"; 
    } 
    else 
    { 
      password = pwd; 
    } 
    return "logon info: /n  " + "user: " + uid + 
      "/n  logging date : " + loggingDate.toString() + 
      "/n  password: " + password; 
  } 
}

LoggingInfo logInfo = new LoggingInfo("MIKE", "MECHANICS"); 
System.out.println(logInfo.toString()); 
try 
{ 
  ObjectOutputStream o = new ObjectOutputStream( 
        new FileOutputStream("logInfo.out")); 
  o.writeObject(logInfo); 
  o.close(); 
} 
catch(Exception e) {//deal with exception}
To read the object back, we can write 

try 
{ 
  ObjectInputStream in =new ObjectInputStream( 
        new FileInputStream("logInfo.out")); 
  LoggingInfo logInfo = (LoggingInfo)in.readObject(); 
  System.out.println(logInfo.toString()); 
} 
catch(Exception e) {//deal with exception}

public class GuestLoggingInfo implements java.io.Serializable 
{ 
  private Date loggingDate = new Date(); 
  private String uid; 
  private transient String pwd; 
  
  GuestLoggingInfo() 
  { 
    uid = "guest"; 
    pwd = "guest"; 
  } 
  public String toString() 
  { 
    //same as above 
   } 
}