Java Object Serialize serialize(Serializable object, String fileName)

Description

Uses compression

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
object	a parameter
fileName	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static void serialize(Serializable object, String fileName) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

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

import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

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

import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;

public class Main {
    /**//from   ww w.  j ava  2  s .com
     * Uses compression
     * 
     * @param object
     * @param fileName
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void serialize(Serializable object, String fileName) throws IOException {
        serialize(object, fileName, true);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method used to serialize and write-out objects to a file.
     * 
     * @param object       object to serialize
     * @param fileName       the filename to serialize to
     * @throws IOException    if there is a problem during serialization
     */
    public static void serialize(Serializable object, String fileName, boolean compress) throws IOException {
        BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(fileName));
        serialize(object, bos, compress);
    }

    /**
     * Uses compression
     * 
     * @param object
     * @param os
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void serialize(Serializable object, OutputStream os) throws IOException {
        serialize(object, os, true);
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method used to serialize and write-out objects to an arbitrary output stream.
     * Note: this method does NOT wrap the output stream with a BufferedOutputStream.
     * 
     * @param object       object to serialize
     * @param os          the output stream to serialize to
     * @param compress      whether or not to compress the output stream
     * @throws IOException    if there is a problem during serialization
     */
    private static void serialize(Serializable object, OutputStream os, boolean compress) throws IOException {

        ObjectOutputStream oos;
        if (compress) {
            oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new GZIPOutputStream(os));
        } else {
            oos = new ObjectOutputStream(os);
        }
        oos.writeObject(object);
        oos.flush();
        oos.close();
    }
}

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