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package org.jpype.pickle;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

/**
 *
 * @author Karl Einar Nelson
 */
public class Encoder
{

  ByteArrayOutputStream baos;
  ObjectOutputStream oos;

  public Encoder() throws IOException
  {
    baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    oos = new ObjectOutputStream(baos);
  }

  public byte[] pack(Object obj) throws IOException
  {
    oos.writeObject(obj);
    oos.flush();
    byte[] out = baos.toByteArray().clone();
    baos.reset();
    return out;
  }
}