Where do I change the setting in Eclipse so that it would generate serialVersionUID for Serializable classes?

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I want Eclipse to generate a serialVersionUID for classes that implement Serializable.

However, my Eclipse instance does not throw me a warning or an error when I create a class that implements Serializable. Also, it does not give an suggestion about adding a generated serialVersionUID. Where do I change the required setting?

Did you add `@SuppressWarnings("serial")`? – Ṃųỻịgǻňạcểơửṩ Jul 08 '18 at 19:53 — Ṃųỻịgǻňạcểơửṩ, Jul 08 '18 at 19:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '12 at 01:57

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To turn on warning for Serializable class without a serialVersionID, go to Window > Preference > Java > Compiler > Errors/Warnings and search for Serializable class without a serialVersionID. Set that to Error or Warning based on your preference.

Once warning for "[class] does not declare a static final serialVersionUID field of type long" are thrown you can click on the serialization class and press CTRL + 1.

answered Aug 24 '12 at 01:57

Sujay

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@Sujay- I am sorry I could not mark the answer as useful. I do not have enough Reputation to do so. – vk239 Aug 28 '12 at 17:17
@vk239: I see a tick though :) that's helpful! – Sujay Aug 28 '12 at 18:56

Where do I change the setting in Eclipse so that it would generate serialVersionUID for Serializable classes?

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