Gets an array of bytes corresponding to the given object

       
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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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