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A library of useful generic objects and tools consolidated here to simplify all UVM CCTS projects

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/*
 * Copyright 2015 The University of Vermont and State
 * Agricultural College.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Written by Matthew B. Storer 
 *
 * This file is part of CCTS Common.
 *
 * CCTS Common is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * CCTS Common 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with CCTS Common.  If not, see .
 */

package edu.uvm.ccts.common.util;

import java.io.*;

/**
 * Created by mstorer on 3/20/14.
 */
public class ObjectUtil {
    public static Object deepCopy(Object obj) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        return deserialize(serialize(obj));
    }

    public static byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws IOException {
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
        out.writeObject(obj);
        out.flush();
        out.close();
        return baos.toByteArray();
    }

    public static Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
        Object obj = in.readObject();
        in.close();
        return obj;
    }
}