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18  package org.codehaus.activemq.test;
19  
20  import junit.framework.TestCase;
21  
22  import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
23  import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
24  import java.io.IOException;
25  import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
26  import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
27  
28  /***
29   * A base class for serialization based test cases
30   *
31   * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
32   */
33  public abstract class SerializationTestSupport extends TestCase {
34      protected byte[] serialize(Object object) throws IOException {
35          ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
36          ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(buffer);
37          out.writeObject(object);
38          out.close();
39          return buffer.toByteArray();
40      }
41  
42      protected Object deserialize(byte[] data) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
43          ByteArrayInputStream buffer = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
44          ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(buffer);
45          Object answer = in.readObject();
46          in.close();
47          return answer;
48      }
49  }