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* Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Evolveum
*
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*
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package com.evolveum.midpoint.util;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
/**
* Collection of java.io serialization utilities.
*
* WARNING: these utilities are not supposed to be used in a production code. They are intended to be used
* in tests, prototyping and maybe some run-time diagnostics tools (but think twice before using them anyway).
*
* @author Radovan Semancik
*
*/
public class SerializationUtil {
public static <T> T fromString(String string) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
byte[] data = Base64.decodeBase64(string);
ObjectInputStream objectInputStream = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data));
Object object = objectInputStream.readObject();
objectInputStream.close();
return (T)object;
}
public static String toString(Object object) throws IOException {
ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream objectOutputStream = new ObjectOutputStream(byteArrayOutputStream);
objectOutputStream.writeObject(object);
objectOutputStream.close();
return new String(Base64.encodeBase64(byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray()));
}
}