This article shows how to convert an object to byte[] or byte array and vice versa in Java. 1. Convert an object to byte[] The below example show how to use ByteArrayOutputStream and ObjectOutputStream to convert an object to byte[]. // Convert object to byte[] public static byte[] convertObjectToBytes(Object obj) { ByteArrayOutputStream boas = new […]
In Java, Serialization means converting Java objects into a byte stream; Deserialization means converting the serialized object’s byte stream back to the original Java object. Table of contents. 1. Hello World Java Serialization 2. java.io.NotSerializableException 3. What is serialVersionUID? 4. What is transient? 5. Serialize Object to File 6. Why need Serialization in Java? 7. […]
Java object Serialization is an API provided by Java Library stack as a means to serialize Java objects. Serialization is a process to convert objects into a writable byte stream. Once converted into a byte-stream, these objects can be written to a file. The reverse process of this is called de-serialization. A Java object is […]
This example shows how to use ObjectOutputStream to write objects to a file in Java, aka Serialization. public static void writeObjectToFile(Person obj, File file) throws IOException { try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file); ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos)) { oos.writeObject(obj); oos.flush(); } } Note More Java Serialization and Deserialization examples 1. Java object We can […]
