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package org.springframework.util;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

Static utilities for serialization and deserialization.
Author:
Dave Syer
Since:
3.0.5/**
 * Static utilities for serialization and deserialization.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @since 3.0.5
 */
public abstract class SerializationUtils {

	
Serialize the given object to a byte array.
Params:
object – the object to serialize
Returns:
an array of bytes representing the object in a portable fashion/**
	 * Serialize the given object to a byte array.
	 * @param object the object to serialize
	 * @return an array of bytes representing the object in a portable fashion
	 */
	@Nullable
	public static byte[] serialize(@Nullable Object object) {
		if (object == null) {
			return null;
		}
		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024);
		try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos)) {
			oos.writeObject(object);
			oos.flush();
		}
		catch (IOException ex) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to serialize object of type: " + object.getClass(), ex);
		}
		return baos.toByteArray();
	}

	
Deserialize the byte array into an object.
Params:
bytes – a serialized object
Returns:
the result of deserializing the bytes/**
	 * Deserialize the byte array into an object.
	 * @param bytes a serialized object
	 * @return the result of deserializing the bytes
	 */
	@Nullable
	public static Object deserialize(@Nullable byte[] bytes) {
		if (bytes == null) {
			return null;
		}
		try (ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes))) {
			return ois.readObject();
		}
		catch (IOException ex) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to deserialize object", ex);
		}
		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
			throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to deserialize object type", ex);
		}
	}

}