[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: [Eclipse 3.1 RC1+ VE 2.1 M1] Why do I get a

[PretzelX <pretzel_n_g@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looking at the JDK documentation, I see that the Component class does 
implement the Serializable interface.  Silly me!  All the other IDEs 
I've been used either haven't been smart enough or have been ignoring 
this warning.

Now I know...

PretzelX wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just updated Eclipse with all the latest, and now I'm getting an 
> error:
>
> "The serializable class MyJFrame does not declare a static final 
> serialVersionUID field of type long."
>
> Why do I get this error since the offending class doesn't implement the 
> serializable interface?  It is just a 'visual class' (JFrame) created 
> using the wizard?  Interestingly it builds and runs just fine.
>
> Thanks very much for your help.
> PretzelX.