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import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;



public class Main {



  /**
   * This method serializes an object to an output stream.
   *
   * @param file The output file
   * @param object The object to be serialized
   * @exception IOException IOError

   */
  public static void serializeObject(File file, Object object)
  throws IOException {
      FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
      try {
          ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(fos));
          oos.writeObject(object);
          oos.flush();
      } finally {
          fos.close();
      }
  }

}