Here you can find the source of serialize(Object object)
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static byte[] serialize(Object object) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
//package com.java2s; /**/*from www . ja v a 2s . co m*/ * Copyright (C) 2015 VanillaSource * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ import java.io.*; public class Main { @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static byte[] serialize(Object object) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { ByteArrayOutputStream byteOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream objectOut = new ObjectOutputStream(byteOut); objectOut.writeObject(object); objectOut.close(); return byteOut.toByteArray(); } }