Serializing a ByteArrayOutputStream

[Mahesh Trikannad]

I have access to a ByteArrayOutputStream. The byte stream contains a PDF.

I need to serialize it to send it over the network.

Doing a toString() I suspect may corrupt the data.

How do I serialize the byte array.

Mahesh

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Get the data with toByteArray(), then send that. Don't bother with serialization (unless you need to, for some reason); just send the raw bytes -- it will be faster.

[Mahesh Trikannad]

Actually I need to. The framework iam using, requires the objects I pass to be serializable

[Jim Yingst]

So pass the byte array returned by toByteArray(), which is serializable like all primitive arrays.

[Mahesh Trikannad]

Thanks. Guess this question belonged to the Beginner