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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper;
import org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.ValidationException;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* <p>Provide common functionalities for serialization of object.
* </p>
*
* <p>This class throws exceptions for invalid <code>null</code> inputs.
* Each method documents its behavior in more detail.</p>
*
* @author Steven Vo
* @since OracleAS 10.0.3
*/
public class SerializationHelper {
/**
* <p>Deep clone a Serializable object using serialization.
* @param the serializable object
* @return the deep cloned object
* @throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
*/
public static Object clone(Serializable object) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
return deserialize(serialize(object));
}
/**
* Serialize the object to an OutputStream
*
* @param obj the object to serialize to bytes
* @param outputStream the stream to write to, can not be null
* @throws IOException
*/
public static void serialize(Serializable obj, OutputStream outputStream) throws IOException {
if (outputStream == null) {
throw ValidationException.invalidNullMethodArguments();
}
ObjectOutputStream outStream = null;
try {
// stream closed in the finally
outStream = new ObjectOutputStream(outputStream);
outStream.writeObject(obj);
} finally {
try {
if (outStream != null) {
outStream.close();
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
// ignore;
}
}
}
/**
* Serialize the object to a byte array
*
* @param obj the object to serialize to bytes
* @return a byte[] of the obj
* @throws IOException
*/
public static byte[] serialize(Serializable obj) throws IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream outStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(512);
serialize(obj, outStream);
return outStream.toByteArray();
}
/**
* Deserialze an object from an InputStream
*
* @param inputStream the serialized object input stream, must not be null
* @return the deserialized object
* @throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
*/
public static Object deserialize(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
if (inputStream == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("The inputStream argument cannot be null");
}
ObjectInputStream inStream = null;
try {
// stream closed in the finally
inStream = new ObjectInputStream(inputStream);
return inStream.readObject();
} finally {
try {
if (inStream != null) {
inStream.close();
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
// ignore
}
}
}
/**
* Deserialize an object from a byte array
*
* @param objectBytes the serialized object, can not be null
* @return the deserialized object
* @throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
*/
public static Object deserialize(byte[] objectBytes) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
if (objectBytes == null) {
throw ValidationException.invalidNullMethodArguments();
}
ByteArrayInputStream inStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(objectBytes);
return deserialize(inStream);
}
}