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 }