difference between serialization and database storage

Question

What is difference between serialization and database storage In java? Doesnt serialization actually mean storing data in a database on server?

Answer 1

Let's think of the database like a bowl.

If you want to keep stuff from going everywhere, you put it in the bowl.

Your stuff is the data you want to store. Right now it's out there, on the table, in a box.

So we're going to take the stuff out of that box. The problem is, the stuff in our box probably won't fit into the bowl. How do we fix that?

We need to change it into the type of object that will fit into our bowl. We need to serialize it.

Our serialized data will fit in the bowl now. So we take our serialized data and we pour it into the bowl, and we have the most important meal of the day.

In case this was all really complicated. Simplified: to serialize is to change, and a database is a place to store stuff. Often, you change stuff before you store it.