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 * $Id: SerializationHelper.java,v 1.1 2010/06/18 16:45:06 smhuang Exp $
 *
 * Date			Author  Changes
 * 20/11/2001   jima    Created
 */
package org.exolab.jms.tranlog;


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


/**
 * A utility class to assist with serialization and desearialization of objects
 * to and from byte stream
 */
public class SerializationHelper {

    /**
     * Serialize the specified object
     *
     * @param object - object to serialize
     * @return byte[] - the serialized object
     * @throws IOException - if there is an error with serialization
     */
    static public byte[] serialize(Object object)
        throws IOException {

        ByteArrayOutputStream bstream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        ObjectOutputStream ostream = new ObjectOutputStream(bstream);
        ostream.writeObject(object);

        return bstream.toByteArray();
    }

    /**
     * Deserialise the specified blob into an Object and return it
     * to the client.
     * <p>
     * If there is an error with the deserialization then throw an
     * IOException
     *
     * @param blob - the blob of bytes to deserialize
     * @return Object - the object to return
     * @throws IOException - if it cannot deseriliaze
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the blob is null
     */
    static public Object deserialize(byte[] blob)
        throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {

        if (blob == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("null blob to deserialize");
        }

        ByteArrayInputStream bstream = new ByteArrayInputStream(blob);
        ObjectInputStream istream = new ObjectInputStream(bstream);

        return istream.readObject();
    }
}
