*       be checked to be equal to the instance before serialization.
   *   <li>If {@code C} doesn't explicitly implement {@code equals} but instead inherits it from a
   *       superclass, no equality check is done on the deserialized instance because it's not clear
   *       whether the author intended for the class to be a value type.

   *       be checked to be equal to the instance before serialization.
   *   <li>If {@code C} doesn't explicitly implement {@code equals} but instead inherits it from a
   *       superclass, no equality check is done on the deserialized instance because it's not clear
   *       whether the author intended for the class to be a value type.