ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(
                new FileOutputStream("/Users/Desktop/files/temp.txt"));
        oos.writeObject(linkedListHead); //writing head of linked list
        oos.close();

public class MyExternalizable implements Externalizable
{

private String userName;
private String passWord;
private Integer roll;

public MyExternalizable()
{

}

public MyExternalizable(String userName, String passWord, Integer roll)
{
    this.userName = userName;
    this.passWord = passWord;
    this.roll = roll;
}

@Override
public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput oo) throws IOException
{
    oo.writeObject(userName);
    oo.writeObject(roll);
}

@Override
public void readExternal(ObjectInput oi) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
{
    userName = (String)oi.readObject();
    roll = (Integer)oi.readObject();
}

public String toString()
{
    StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
    b.append("userName: ");
    b.append(userName);
    b.append("  passWord: ");
    b.append(passWord);
    b.append("  roll: ");
    b.append(roll);

    return b.toString();
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    try
    {
        MyExternalizable m  = new MyExternalizable("nikki", "student001", 20);
        System.out.println(m.toString());
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("/Users/Desktop/files/temp1.txt"));
        oos.writeObject(m);
        oos.close();

        System.out.println("***********************************************************************");
        ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream("/Users/Desktop/files/temp1.txt"));
        MyExternalizable mm = (MyExternalizable)ois.readObject();
        mm.toString();
        System.out.println(mm.toString());
    }
    catch (ClassNotFoundException ex)
    {
        Logger.getLogger(MyExternalizable.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }
    catch(IOException ex)
    {
        Logger.getLogger(MyExternalizable.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }
}
}

java.io.InvalidClassException: javaserialization.MyExternalizable;
 javaserialization.MyExternalizable; no valid constructor.

userName: nikki  passWord: student001  roll: 20
***********************************************************************
userName: nikki  passWord: null  roll: 20

private transient String passWord;