Re: object stream and byte array conversion
George3 via JavaKB.com wrote:
Hi Knute!
Knute Johnson wrote:
Hello everyone,
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thanks in advance,
George
byte[] buf = new byte[???];
OutputStream os = // from some where
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(os);
oos.writeObject(buf);
InputStream is = // from the other where
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(is);
byte[] buf = (byte[])ois.readObject();
I do not think your method works, at least can not solve my issue. This line,
It doesn't matter what you think.
byte[] buf = (byte[])ois.readObject();
is not correct, you can see that you convert an object into another type --
byte[], which is not safe and allowed in Java (unsafe or unconsistent type
conversion).
A byte[] is an Object.
What is it you are really trying to do? I thought you wanted to write a
byte[] to an ObjectOutputStream and read it with an ObjectInputStream.
That can easily be accomplished with the code I gave you.
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