Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; public class Main { public static String objectToString(Object obj) { try { ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(bos); os.writeObject(obj); String bytesToHexString = bytesToHexString(bos.toByteArray()); return bytesToHexString; } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } private static String bytesToHexString(byte[] bArray) { if (bArray == null) { return null; } if (bArray.length == 0) { return ""; } StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(bArray.length); String sTemp; for (int i = 0; i < bArray.length; i++) { sTemp = Integer.toHexString(0xFF & bArray[i]); if (sTemp.length() < 2) sb.append(0); sb.append(sTemp.toUpperCase()); } return sb.toString(); } }