Java Object Serialize serialize(final Serializable object)

Description

Serialize an object.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
object	The object to be serialized

Return

the +byte[]+ containing the object

Declaration

public static byte[] serialize(final Serializable object) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;

public class Main {
    /**//  w w  w.ja  va 2s .co  m
     * Serialize an object.
     * @param object The object to be serialized
     * @return the +byte[]+ containing the object
     * @since 5.0.0
     */
    public static byte[] serialize(final Serializable object) {
        final ByteArrayOutputStream outBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        serialize(object, outBytes);
        return outBytes.toByteArray();
    }

    /**
     * Serialize an object.
     * @param object The object to be serialized
     * @param outputStream The stream to receive the object
     * @since 5.0.0
     */
    public static void serialize(final Serializable object, final OutputStream outputStream) {
        ObjectOutputStream out = null;
        try {
            out = new ObjectOutputStream(outputStream);
            out.writeObject(object);
        } catch (final IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } finally {
            if (out != null) {
                try {
                    out.close();
                } catch (final IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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