an class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>the deserialized object</dd>
<dt><span class="strong">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code>java.lang.Exception</code> - if something goes wrong while reading from the file</dd></dl>
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<pre>public static&nbsp;java.lang.Object&nbsp;read(java.io.File&nbsp;file)
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<div class="block">reads the XML-seriali