Deserialise object from file package com.ack.j2se.io; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; public class DeserialiseObjectFromFile { public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream( "thefile.obj" ); ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream( fin ); String str = (String) ois.readObject(); ois.close(); System.out.println( str ); } }