Saving Java objects into files

Question

I have the following class in Java. I would like to be able to save it into a common file format that would be able to moved across different pc's. I know about object serialization but I was wondering what are my other options and what are their respective pros and cons. Thanks! Like for example a serialized file is not human readable and therefore a con.

public class NervousSystem {
    private CentralNervousSystem CNS;
    private PeripheralNervousSystem PNS;

    public NervousSystem(Neocortex neocortex, LateralGeniculateNucleus LGN, Retina retina) {
        this.CNS = new CentralNervousSystem(neocortex, LGN);
        this.PNS = new PeripheralNervousSystem(retina);
    }

    public CentralNervousSystem getCNS() {
        return this.CNS;
    }

    public PeripheralNervousSystem getPNS() {
        return this.PNS;
    }
}

Answer 1

You can serialize the objects to JSON using e.g. Jackson, which will greatly improve their human readability