I have a bunch of model classes that I use on client and server.  When a
model object gets serialized all the observers of that model that are my
clients view need to be removed.  But I have internal model observers also -
not sure that was wise?  Now at the present state of the design it is proper
to remove all observers whatever, but that may not end up being the case.  I
know I can track the type of observer that is being added not a problem and
remove certain types when the time comes.  My real question is where do I do
the removal? At present I do it like this:

private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream s) throws IOException {
 observers.clear();
 s.defaultWriteObject();
}

Can anyone see a problem with that?
At the moment I could declare my observer collection transient, and lazily
reinstantiate, but like I said thats a bit presumptious.
Any other tips in this regard?

TIA

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Mike W