ObjectUtils.java

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package io.fabric8.utils;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class ObjectUtils {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ObjectUtils.class);

    public static byte[] toBytes(Object object) {
        byte[] result = null;

        if (object instanceof byte[]) {
            return (byte[]) object;
        }

        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream oos = null;

        try {
            oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
            oos.writeObject(object);
            result = baos.toByteArray();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOGGER.error("Failed to serialize object {}.", object, e);
        } finally {
            if (oos != null) {
                try {
                    oos.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                }
            }

            if (baos != null) {
                try {
                    baos.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                }
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

}