XmlSerialize.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Jason von Nieda <jason@vonnieda.org>
 * 
 * This file is part of OpenPnP.
 * 
 * OpenPnP is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
 * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * OpenPnP is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 * the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
 * Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenPnP. If not, see
 * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * For more information about OpenPnP visit http://openpnp.org
 */

package org.openpnp.util;

import java.beans.XMLDecoder;
import java.beans.XMLEncoder;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

public class XmlSerialize {
    public static String serialize(Object o) {
        ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        XMLEncoder xmlEncoder = new XMLEncoder(bOut);
        xmlEncoder.writeObject(o);
        xmlEncoder.close();
        return bOut.toString();
    }

    public static Object deserialize(String s) {
        XMLDecoder xmlDecoder = new XMLDecoder(new ByteArrayInputStream(s.getBytes()));
        return xmlDecoder.readObject();
    }
}