Java Object Serialize serialize(Object obj)

Description

Serializes a serializable object into a byte array.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
obj	the object to serialize

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	if an I/O error occurs.

Declaration

public static byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w ww.  ja v a  2 s .co m
* Copyright (c) 2000 - 2005 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
* All rights reserved.
* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
*
* Initial Contributors:
* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
*
* Contributors:
*
* Description:  
*
*/

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.OutputStream;

import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Serializes a serializable object into a byte array.
     *
     * @param obj the object to serialize
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public static byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        serialize(out, obj);
        return out.toByteArray();
    }

    /**
     * Serializes a serializable object
     *
     * @param out the stream to write seralized data to
     * @param obj the object to serialize
     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs.
     */
    public static void serialize(OutputStream out, Object obj) throws IOException {
        ObjectOutputStream serializer = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
        serializer.writeObject(obj);
    }
}

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