Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2004-2014 the Seasar Foundation and the Others. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, * either express or implied. See the License for the specific language * governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.io.Serializable; public class Main { public static byte[] toBinary(Serializable obj) { if (obj == null) { return null; } if (obj instanceof byte[]) { return (byte[]) obj; } try { final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); final ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos); oos.writeObject(obj); try { return baos.toByteArray(); } finally { oos.close(); } } catch (Exception e) { String msg = "Failed to convert the object to binary: obj=" + obj; throw new IllegalStateException(msg, e); } } }