Java Object to Byte Array serializeToByteArray(Serializable value)

Description

Serializes the argument into an array of bytes, and returns it.

License

Apache License

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	if there are errors when serializing

Declaration

public static byte[] serializeToByteArray(Serializable value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w w w  .ja v a  2 s  .c o m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2015 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.Serializable;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Serializes the argument into an array of bytes, and returns it.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if there are errors when serializing
     */
    public static byte[] serializeToByteArray(Serializable value) {
        try {
            ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(buffer)) {
                oos.writeObject(value);
            }
            return buffer.toByteArray();
        } catch (IOException exn) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("unable to serialize "
                    + value, exn);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. serializeAsByteArray(Object b)
2. serializeToByteArray(Object obj)
3. serializeToByteArray(Object obj)
4. serializeToByteArray(Object object)
5. serializeToByteArray(Serializable object)
6. serializeToByteArrayNoHeader(Serializable o)
7. serializeToBytes(Serializable object)
8. serializeToBytes(Serializable object)
9. serializeToBytes(T input)