public boolean serializeTable(){
		
		try{
			File f = new File(TABLE_FILE);
			f.createNewFile();
			
			OutputStream file = new FileOutputStream(TABLE_FILE);
			OutputStream buffer = new BufferedOutputStream(file);
			ObjectOutput output = new ObjectOutputStream(buffer);
			try{
				output.writeObject(table);
			}
			finally{
				output.close();
			}
		}
		catch(IOException e){
			System.out.println("An error has ocurred serializing data to disk: "+e.getMessage());
			e.printStackTrace();
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}