Byte Serialization

public static byte[] convertToBytes(Object obj) throws IOException
{
    ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    ObjectOutputStream toWrite = new ObjectOutputStream(output);
    toWrite.writeObject(obj);
    return output.toByteArray();
}

public static Object convertFromBytes(byte[] bytes) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException
{
    ByteArrayInputStream input = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
    ObjectInputStream toRead = new ObjectInputStream(input);
    return toRead.readObject();
}