FIX: Error on Exit in IE when Using Java Serialization

      import java.applet.*;
      import java.awt.*;
      import java.io.*;

      // this applet builds a serialized object which has the minimum
      // required complexity to reproduce a bug in IE 4.0x

      public class test2 extends Applet

      {
         Panel panel = new Panel();
         Button load = new Button("           ");

         public void init()
         {

            add(panel);
            panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
            panel.add(load);
            try
            {
               serial();
            }
            catch (Exception x)
            {
               System.out.println("Exception: " + x.getMessage());
            }
         }

         private void serial() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
         {
            ByteArrayOutputStream biff = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(biff);
            out.writeObject(new level0());
            out.flush();
            out.close();
            byte[] temp = biff.toByteArray();
            ByteArrayInputStream joe = new ByteArrayInputStream(temp);
            ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(joe);
            level0 obj = (level0)in.readObject();
            in.close();
            load.setLabel(obj.name);
         }
      }

      abstract class base
      implements java.io.Serializable
      {}

      class level0 extends base
      implements java.io.Serializable
      {
         level1 x = new level1();
         public String name = "Can exit";
      }

      class level1
      implements java.io.Serializable
      {
         level2 x = new level2();
      }

      class level2
      implements java.io.Serializable
      {
         level3 x = new level3();
      }

      class level3
      implements java.io.Serializable
      {}