Getting serialization working with a song

3 files changed, 36 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/MusicalElement.java b/MusicalElement.java
index 26c3808..9dbb044 100644
--- a/MusicalElement.java
+++ b/MusicalElement.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
  * Get is used to return the said value.
  * Set is used to modify the later.*/
 
-class MusicalElement implements Serializable {
+public abstract class MusicalElement implements Serializable {
 
 //Our vars
 	private int id, duration;
diff --git a/Song.java b/Song.java
index ecbb1eb..2890536 100644
--- a/Song.java
+++ b/Song.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 public class Song extends MusicalElement{
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2112880640160601826L;
 	private String artist, genre;
+
 	public Song(String title, int duration, String content, String artist, Genre genre) {
 		super(title, duration, content);
 		this.artist=artist;
@@ -12,14 +15,16 @@ public class Song extends MusicalElement{
 	public void setGenre(Genre genre){this.genre=genre.name();}
 
         public String toString() {
-                return getTitle()+";"+getDuration()+";"+getContent()+";"+artist+";"+genre;
+		return "Title : "+getTitle()+"\nDuration : "+getDuration()+"\nContent : "+getContent()+"\nArtist : "+getArtist()+"\nGenre : "+getGenre();
+//                return getTitle()+";"+getDuration()+";"+getContent()+";"+getArtist()+";"+getGenre();
         }
 
-	public void save(){
+/*	public static void save(){
+		String filename="songs.csv";
 		try
         {
             //Saving of object in a file
-            FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream(songs.csv);
+            FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream(filename);
             ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(file);
 
             // Method for serialization of object
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ public class Song extends MusicalElement{
         {
             System.out.println("IOException is caught");
         }
-	}
+	}*/
 
 
 }
diff --git a/jMusicHub.java b/jMusicHub.java
index 2cbedc3..26fe9b6 100644
--- a/jMusicHub.java
+++ b/jMusicHub.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import java.util.*;
+import java.io.*;
 
 /** <h1>jMusicHub</h1>
  *
@@ -120,10 +121,33 @@ public class jMusicHub {
 					break;
 				case "s":
 					for (Song s: songs){
-					    s.save();
-					}
+						String filename = "songs.csv";
+
+						// Serialization
+						try {
+
+						    // Saving of object in a file
+						    FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream
+						                                   (filename);
+						    ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream
+						                                   (file);
+
+						    // Method for serialization of object
+						    out.writeObject(s);
+
+						    out.close();
+						    file.close();
 
+						    System.out.println("Object has been serialized\n"
+						                      + "Data before Deserialization.");
+						    System.out.println(s);
+						}
+						catch (IOException ex) {
+						    System.out.println("IOException is caught");
+						}
+					}
 					break;
+
 				default :
 					System.out.println("Unknown command. Type h for help.");