Here you can find the source of deserialize(InputStream in)
public static Object deserialize(InputStream in) throws IOException
//package com.java2s; /*/*from www. j a v a 2 s . c o m*/ * This file is part of the Haven & Hearth game client. * Copyright (C) 2009 Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.com>, and * Bj?rn Johannessen <johannessen.bjorn@gmail.com> * * Redistribution and/or modification of this file is subject to the * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3, as * published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * Other parts of this source tree adhere to other copying * rights. Please see the file `COPYING' in the root directory of the * source tree for details. * * A copy the GNU Lesser General Public License is distributed along * with the source tree of which this file is a part in the file * `doc/LPGL-3'. If it is missing for any reason, please see the Free * Software Foundation's website at <http://www.fsf.org/>, or write * to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import java.io.*; public class Main { public static Object deserialize(InputStream in) throws IOException { ObjectInputStream oin = new ObjectInputStream(in); try { return (oin.readObject()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { return (null); } } public static Object deserialize(byte[] buf) { if (buf == null) return (null); InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(buf); try { return (deserialize(in)); } catch (IOException e) { return (null); } } }