Java Object to Byte Array serializeToByteArray(Serializable object)

Description

Serializes an object to byte array

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static byte[] serializeToByteArray(Serializable object) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

import java.io.Serializable;

public class Main {
    /** Serializes an object to byte array */
    public static byte[] serializeToByteArray(Serializable object) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream outBuffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(outBuffer);
        out.writeObject(object);/*w w w .  jav  a 2s  . c om*/
        // no need to put this in finally, as we do not block file handles.
        // Let the GC do the work
        out.close();
        return outBuffer.toByteArray();
    }
}

Related

1. getBytes(Object v, byte[] defaultValue)
2. serializeAsByteArray(Object b)
3. serializeToByteArray(Object obj)
4. serializeToByteArray(Object obj)
5. serializeToByteArray(Object object)
6. serializeToByteArray(Serializable value)
7. serializeToByteArrayNoHeader(Serializable o)
8. serializeToBytes(Serializable object)
9. serializeToBytes(Serializable object)