b2.java

String name;
String filename = "file.bin";

try
{
    FileInputStream file  = new FileInputStream(filename);
    ObjectInputStream out = new ObjectInputStream(file);

    // Serialization of the "name" (String) object
    // Will be written to "file.bin"

    name = (String)out.readObject();
    System.out.println(name);

    out.close();
    file.close();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
    System.out.println("Exception: " + e.toString());
}