+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.wamblee.general;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Utility for serializating and deserializing objects.
+ *
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ */
+public class ObjectSerializationUtils {
+
+ /**
+ * Serialize an object to a byte array.
+ * @param aObject Object ot serialize.
+ * @return Byte array.
+ * @throws IOException
+ */
+ public static byte[] serialize(Object aObject) throws IOException {
+ ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+ ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(bos);
+ os.writeObject(aObject);
+ os.flush();
+ return bos.toByteArray();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Desrializes an object from a byte array.
+ * @param <T> Type of the object.
+ * @param aData Serialized data.
+ * @param aType Type of the object.
+ * @return Object.
+ * @throws IOException
+ * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+ */
+ public static <T> T deserialize(byte[] aData, Class<T> aType) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+ ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(aData);
+ ObjectInputStream os = new ObjectInputStream(bis);
+ return (T)os.readObject();
+ }
+}