Can I apply transient keyword to methods?

‘transient’ keyword is used to skip the variables while serializing the object of a Serializable class. It is used with variables only, you can’t use transient keyword with methods.

Employee.java

import java.io.Serializable;

public class Employee implements Serializable {
 private static final long serialVersionUID = 1234L;

 private int id;
 private String firstName, lastName;

 transient public int getId() {
  return id;
 }

 public void setId(int id) {
  this.id = id;
 }

 public String getFirstName() {
  return firstName;
 }

 public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
  this.firstName = firstName;
 }

 public String getLastName() {
  return lastName;
 }

 public void setLastName(String lastName) {
  this.lastName = lastName;
 }

}

As you see above snippet, I applied transient keyword to the method getId(). Try to compile Employee.java class, you will end up in following compilation error.

$ javac Employee.java
Employee.java:9: error: modifier transient not allowed here
 transient public int getId() {
                      ^
1 error

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