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// Copyright (C) 2004 - 2009 Philip Aston
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package net.grinder.testutility;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;



/**
 * Serialisation utility.
 *
 * @author    Philip Aston
 */
public class Serializer {

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static  T serialize(T original) throws Exception {

    final ByteArrayOutputStream byteOutputStream =
      new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    final ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream =
      new ObjectOutputStream(byteOutputStream);

    objectOutputStream.writeObject(original);
    objectOutputStream.close();

    final ObjectInputStream objectInputStream =
      new ObjectInputStream(
        new ByteArrayInputStream(byteOutputStream.toByteArray()));

    return (T) objectInputStream.readObject();
  }
}