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1   /*** 
2    * 
3    * Copyright 2004 Protique Ltd
4    * 
5    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
6    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
7    * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
8    * 
9    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10   * 
11   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
13   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
14   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
15   * limitations under the License. 
16   * 
17   **/
18  package org.codehaus.activemq.util;
19  
20  import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
21  import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
22  import java.io.IOException;
23  import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
24  import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
25  
26  /***
27   * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
28   */
29  public class SerializationHelper {
30      public static byte[] serialize(Object object) throws IOException {
31          ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
32          ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(buffer);
33          out.writeObject(object);
34          out.close();
35          return buffer.toByteArray();
36      }
37  
38      public static Object deserialize(byte[] data) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
39          ByteArrayInputStream buffer = new ByteArrayInputStream(data);
40          ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(buffer);
41          Object answer = in.readObject();
42          in.close();
43          return answer;
44      }
45  }