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Gets an array of bytes corresponding to the given object
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* $Id: Serialization.java 1970 2007-10-16 11:49:25Z benoitf $
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*/
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Allow to get the bytes of an object or to recreate an object from bytes.<br>
* It also used a custom reader when recreating object as it uses the context
* classloader in order to have an object with the right classloader.
* @author Florent Benoit
*/
public final class Serialization {
/**
* Gets an array of bytes corresponding to the given object.
* @param object the object to serialize
* @return an array of bytes.
* @throws IOException if the object can't be turned into an array of bytes.
*/
public static byte[] storeObject(final Serializable object) throws IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
try {
oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
oos.writeObject(object);
oos.flush();
return baos.toByteArray();
} finally {
if (oos != null) {
oos.close();
}
if (baos != null) {
baos.close();
}
}
}
}
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