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 }