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029 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE JDBM PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS
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041 *
042 * Copyright 2001 (C) Alex Boisvert. All Rights Reserved.
043 * Contributions are Copyright (C) 2001 by their associated contributors.
044 *
045 */
046
047 package jdbm.helper;
048
049 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
050 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
051 import java.io.IOException;
052 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
053 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
054
055 /**
056 * Serialization-related utility methods.
057 *
058 * @author <a href="mailto:boisvert@intalio.com">Alex Boisvert</a>
059 * @version $Id: Serialization.java,v 1.1 2002/05/31 06:33:20 boisvert Exp $
060 */
061 public final class Serialization
062 {
063
064 /**
065 * Serialize the object into a byte array.
066 */
067 public static byte[] serialize( Object obj )
068 throws IOException
069 {
070 ByteArrayOutputStream baos;
071 ObjectOutputStream oos;
072
073 baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
074 oos = new ObjectOutputStream( baos );
075 oos.writeObject( obj );
076 oos.close();
077
078 return baos.toByteArray();
079 }
080
081
082 /**
083 * Deserialize an object from a byte array
084 */
085 public static Object deserialize( byte[] buf )
086 throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException
087 {
088 ByteArrayInputStream bais;
089 ObjectInputStream ois;
090
091 bais = new ByteArrayInputStream( buf );
092 ois = new ObjectInputStream( bais );
093 return ois.readObject();
094 }
095
096 }