com.mchange.lang.ObjectUtils Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Distributed as part of mchange-commons-java v.0.2.3
*
* Copyright (C) 2012 Machinery For Change, Inc.
*
* Author: Steve Waldman
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this software; see the file LICENSE. If not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
package com.mchange.lang;
import java.io.*;
/**
* @deprecated use com.mchange.v2.ser.SerializableUtils;
*/
public final class ObjectUtils
{
private ObjectUtils()
{}
public final static Object DUMMY_OBJECT = new Object();
//Object must be Serializable
public static byte[] objectToByteArray(Object obj) throws NotSerializableException
{
try
{
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
out.writeObject(obj);
return baos.toByteArray();
}
catch (NotSerializableException e)
{
//this is the only IOException that
//shouldn't signal a bizarre error...
e.fillInStackTrace();
throw e;
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
throw new Error("IOException writing to a byte array!");
}
}
//the byte array is presumend to be a Serialized object
public static Object objectFromByteArray(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
{
ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
return in.readObject();
}
}