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Hi Brian,
The ObjectInputStream and ObjectOutputStream classes only perform "marshaling", i.e., they translate Java primitive and object types into a binary format, and vice versa. They can be wrapped around another stream, such as one you might get from a network connection, but they don't perform any networking tasks themselves. You'll need to examine the legacy application in more detail to discover the origin of the underlying stream.
Hope that helps,
- Mark
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