Here you can find the source of writeObject(DataOutputStream dos, Object o)
public static void writeObject(DataOutputStream dos, Object o) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright (c) 2011 Danish Maritime Authority. * * 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.//from w w w. j a va 2s .co m */ import java.io.BufferedOutputStream; import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.DataOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; public class Main { public static void writeObject(DataOutputStream dos, Object o) throws IOException { ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream(20000); try (ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(bout));) { out.writeObject(o); } dos.writeInt(bout.size()); dos.write(bout.toByteArray()); dos.flush(); } }