Java Object Serialize serialize(Object value)

Description

Serializes the given object value to a newly allocated byte array.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	object value to serialize

Declaration

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

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*// w w  w. jav a 2s.  c o m
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Google Inc.
 *
 * 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.
 */

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

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

public class Main {
    /**
     * Serializes the given object value to a newly allocated byte array.
     *
     * @param value object value to serialize
     * @since 1.16
     */
    public static byte[] serialize(Object value) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        serialize(value, out);
        return out.toByteArray();
    }

    /**
     * Serializes the given object value to an output stream, and close the output stream.
     *
     * @param value object value to serialize
     * @param outputStream output stream to serialize into
     * @since 1.16
     */
    public static void serialize(Object value, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException {
        try {
            new ObjectOutputStream(outputStream).writeObject(value);
        } finally {
            outputStream.close();
        }
    }
}

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