// Object must be Serializable
public static byte[] objectToByteArray(Object obj) throws NotSerializableException {
try {
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
out.writeObject(obj);
return baos.toByteArray();
} catch (NotSerializableException e) {
// this is the only IOException that
// shouldn't signal a bizarre error...
e.fillInStackTrace();
throw e;
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
throw new Error("IOException writing to a byte array!");
}
}
