in Java does transient ignore variable or value?

java

Solution

Do something like:

public class Test1 implements Serializable {
    private long longValue;
}

public class Test2 implements Serializable {
    private long longValue;
    private transient int intvalue;
}

now serialize an instance of each to disk, if the sizes are the same, then you know that transient variable is not serialized at all, otherwise....

Problem

Java course assignment: when a variable is put transient will serialisation ignore the variable or only the value of the variable. Test this. How do I test this?

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