UtilityTester.java

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package org.apache.ibatis.submitted.serializecircular;

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

public class UtilityTester {
  
  public static void serializeAndDeserializeObject(Object myObject){

    try {
      deserialzeObject(serializeObject(myObject));
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("Exception: " + e.toString());
    }
  }

  private static byte[] serializeObject(Object myObject) throws IOException {
    try {
      ByteArrayOutputStream myByteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

      // Serialize to a byte array
      ObjectOutputStream myObjectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(myByteArrayOutputStream) ;
      myObjectOutputStream.writeObject(myObject);
      myObjectOutputStream.close();

      // Get the bytes of the serialized object
      byte[] myResult = myByteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray();
      return myResult;
    } catch (Exception anException) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Problem serializing: " + anException.toString(), anException);
    }
  }

  private static Object deserialzeObject(byte[] aSerializedObject) {
    try {
      // Deserialize from a byte array
      ObjectInputStream myObjectInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(aSerializedObject));
      Object myResult = myObjectInputStream.readObject();
      myObjectInputStream.close();

      return myResult;
    } catch (Exception anException) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Problem deserializing", anException);
    }
  }

}