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Returns a byte array from the given object
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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
public class Main {
/**
* Returns a byte array from the given object.
*
* @param object
* to convert
* @return byte array from the object
*/
public static byte[] objectToBytes(Object object) throws IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
os.writeObject(object);
return baos.toByteArray();
}
}
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