public static final byte [ ] getAsByteArray ( Object object , ExternalContext ctx ) { ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream ( ) ; // get the Factory that was instantiated @ startup SerialFactory serialFactory = ( SerialFactory ) ctx . getApplicationMap ( ) . get ( SERIAL_FACTORY ) ; if ( serialFactory == null ) { throw new NullPointerException ( "serialFactory" ) ; } try { ObjectOutputStream writer = serialFactory . getObjectOutputStream ( outputStream ) ; writer . writeObject ( object ) ; byte [ ] bytes = outputStream . toByteArray ( ) ; writer . close ( ) ; outputStream . close ( ) ; writer = null ; outputStream = null ; return bytes ; } catch ( IOException e ) { throw new FacesException ( e ) ; } }
Performs serialization with the serialization provider created by the SerialFactory .