Save automaton to file

[lujea]

Hi Mensa author,

I have used Mensa for matching strings and it works very well. I am trying build a large automaton with several millions words. As this takes time I would like to save the automaton once it is built so that I can reuse it on multiple projects.

Mensa seems to rely on Java Generics which seem to have difficulties with serialization/deserialization. I have added "implements Serializable" to several classes in the project and that did the work to save a machine. The problem is I cannot deserialize the machine when once it is saved in a file.
Can you please help me to fix that issue ? Or give me some elements that will help me find a solution.

Thanks in advance.