public static byte [ ] serialize ( Serializable obj , boolean gzipOnSerialize ) { try { ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream ( ) ; ObjectOutputStream out ; if ( gzipOnSerialize ) { out = new ObjectOutputStream ( new GZIPOutputStream ( baos ) ) ; } else { out = new ObjectOutputStream ( baos ) ; } out . writeObject ( obj ) ; out . flush ( ) ; out . close ( ) ; return baos . toByteArray ( ) ; } catch ( IOException e ) { throw new RuntimeException ( e ) ; } }
Serializes and gzips an object .