/**
   * DO NOT call symbolTable.addReference in writeObject as this (may) result in a
   * concurrentModificationException.
   *
   * <p>All references should be created in the constructor
   */
  public void writeObject(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
    boolean sgIO = node instanceof com.sun.j3d.utils.scenegraph.io.SceneGraphIO;
    out.writeBoolean(sgIO);
    out.writeInt(symbol.nodeID);

    int nodeClassID = control.getNodeClassID(node);

    out.writeShort(nodeClassID);

    if (nodeClassID == -1) out.writeUTF(nodeClassName);

    writeConstructorParams(out);

    if (sgIO) {
      ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
      DataOutputStream tmpOut = new DataOutputStream(byteStream);
      ((com.sun.j3d.utils.scenegraph.io.SceneGraphIO) node).writeSceneGraphObject(tmpOut);
      tmpOut.close();
      out.writeInt(byteStream.size());
      out.write(byteStream.toByteArray());
    }

    writeUserData(out);
    writeString(node.getName(), out);

    writeCapabilities(out);
  }