code: private void deserializeMethod(ObjectInput stream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
          MethodValues method = null;
          if (SERIALIZATION_V2 == getDeserializationVersion()) {
              method = MethodValues.find(readByteArray(stream));
          } else {
              method = MethodValues.find((String) stream.readObject());
          }
          if (null == method) {
              throw new IOException("Missing method");
          }
          setMethod(method);
      }
docs: Deserialize the method information from the input stream.
  
  @param stream
  @throws IOException
  @throws ClassNotFoundException