The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e44. Serializing an Object

See also e45 Deserializing an Object.

    Object object = new javax.swing.JButton("push me");
    
    try {
        // Serialize to a file
        ObjectOutput out = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("filename.ser"));
        out.writeObject(object);
        out.close();
    
        // Serialize to a byte array
        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream() ;
        out = new ObjectOutputStream(bos) ;
        out.writeObject(object);
        out.close();
    
        // Get the bytes of the serialized object
        byte[] buf = bos.toByteArray();
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }

Related Examples

e45. Deserializing an Object
e46. Implementing a Serializable Singleton

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