Java Object to Byte Array getBytes(Object v, byte[] defaultValue)

Description

get Bytes

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static byte[] getBytes(Object v, byte[] defaultValue) 

Method Source Code

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

public class Main {
    public static final String VALUE_BLANK = "";

    public static byte[] getBytes(Object v, byte[] defaultValue) {
        if (v == null || VALUE_BLANK.equals(v)) {
            return null;
        } else if (v instanceof byte[]) {
            return (byte[]) v;
        } else if (v instanceof java.io.Serializable) {
            ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            ObjectOutputStream oout;
            try {
                oout = new ObjectOutputStream(bout);
                oout.writeObject(v);
            } catch (IOException e) {
            }

            return bout.toByteArray();
        }

        return defaultValue;
    }
}

Related

1. getBytes(Object obj)
2. getBytes(Object obj)
3. getBytes(Object obj)
4. getBytes(Object obj)
5. getBytes(Object obj)
6. serializeAsByteArray(Object b)
7. serializeToByteArray(Object obj)
8. serializeToByteArray(Object obj)
9. serializeToByteArray(Object object)