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22  
23  package com.liferay.portal.kernel.util;
24  
25  import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
26  import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
27  import java.io.IOException;
28  import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
29  import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
30  
31  /**
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33   *
34   * @author Alexander Chow
35   *
36   */
37  public class SerializableUtil {
38  
39      public static Object deserialize(byte[] bytes)
40          throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
41  
42          ObjectInputStream ois = null;
43  
44          try {
45              ois = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
46  
47              Object obj = ois.readObject();
48  
49              ois.close();
50  
51              ois = null;
52  
53              return obj;
54          }
55          finally {
56              if (ois != null) {
57                  ois.close();
58              }
59          }
60      }
61  
62      public static byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws IOException {
63          ObjectOutputStream oos = null;
64  
65          try {
66              ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
67  
68              oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
69  
70              oos.writeObject(obj);
71  
72              oos.close();
73  
74              oos = null;
75  
76              return baos.toByteArray();
77          }
78          finally {
79              if (oos != null) {
80                  oos.close();
81              }
82          }
83      }
84  
85  }