Convert object to byte array and convert byte array to object
//package rda.util;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
/**
*
* @author mledoze
*/
public class BytesUtil {
// toByteArray and toObject are taken from: http://tinyurl.com/69h8l7x
public static byte[] toByteArray(Object obj) throws IOException {
byte[] bytes = null;
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = null;
ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
try {
bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
oos.writeObject(obj);
oos.flush();
bytes = bos.toByteArray();
} finally {
if (oos != null) {
oos.close();
}
if (bos != null) {
bos.close();
}
}
return bytes;
}
public static Object toObject(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
Object obj = null;
ByteArrayInputStream bis = null;
ObjectInputStream ois = null;
try {
bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
ois = new ObjectInputStream(bis);
obj = ois.readObject();
} finally {
if (bis != null) {
bis.close();
}
if (ois != null) {
ois.close();
}
}
return obj;
}
public static String toString(byte[] bytes) {
return new String(bytes);
}
}
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