Java: object to byte[] and byte[] to object converter (for Tokyo Cabinet)
public static byte[] serialize(Object obj) throws IOException { ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); ObjectOutputStream os = new ObjectOutputStream(out); os.writeObject(obj); return out.toByteArray();}public static Object deserialize(byte[] data) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(data); ObjectInputStream is = new ObjectInputStream(in); return is.readObject();}
If your class extends Serializable, you can write and read objects through a ByteArrayOutputStream, that's what I usually do.