Java Object to Byte Array serializeToBytes(Serializable object)

Description

Takes serializable object and serializes it to the byte array

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
object	object to serialize

Exception

Parameter	Description
InvalidClassException	Something is wrong with a class used by serialization.
NotSerializableException	Some object to be serialized does not implement the java.io.Serializable interface.
IOException	Any exception thrown by the underlying OutputStream.

Return

the byte array representing serializable object

Declaration

public static byte[] serializeToBytes(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 {
    /**
     * Takes serializable object and serializes it to the byte array
     *
     * @param object object to serialize
     * @return the byte array representing serializable object
     *
     * @throws InvalidClassException Something is wrong with a class used by serialization.
     * @throws NotSerializableException Some object to be serialized does not implement the java.io.Serializable interface.
     * @throws IOException Any exception thrown by the underlying OutputStream.
     */
    public static byte[] serializeToBytes(Serializable object) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
        oos.writeObject(object);
        return baos.toByteArray();
    }
}

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