/**
* Serialize a session into a byte array<br>
* This method simple calls the writeObjectData method on the session and returns the byte data
* from that call
*
* @param session - the session to be serialized
* @return a byte array containing the session data, null if the serialization failed
*/
protected byte[] writeSession(Session session) {
try {
java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream session_data = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream();
java.io.ObjectOutputStream session_out = new java.io.ObjectOutputStream(session_data);
session_out.flush();
boolean hasPrincipal = session.getPrincipal() != null;
session_out.writeBoolean(hasPrincipal);
if (hasPrincipal) {
session_out.writeObject(
SerializablePrincipal.createPrincipal((GenericPrincipal) session.getPrincipal()));
} // end if
((ReplicatedSession) session).writeObjectData(session_out);
return session_data.toByteArray();
} catch (Exception x) {
log.error("Failed to serialize the session!", x);
}
return null;
}
