public byte[] toByteArray() {
try {
ByteArrayOutputStream objectStream = dataObject.toByteArrayOutputStream();
DataOutputStream dout = new DataOutputStream(objectStream);
dout.writeUTF(recordid);
dout.close();
objectStream.close();
return objectStream.toByteArray();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
There is a problem with the code above. I first create an objectStream (in another class). And then I manually add the recordid to the ByteArrayOutputStream. But is there a way to first add the recordId & then append the ByteArrayOutputStream to it? Basically I have 2 ByteArrayoutputStreams which need to be concatenated (and remain a ByteArrayOutputStream).
edit: My new version should work but it does not. When I print out the hashcode of dout, it is the same before and after the flush. It's like it stays empty? Is that possible?
public byte[] toByteArray() {
try {
ByteArrayOutputStream realOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
DataOutputStream dout = new DataOutputStream(realOutputStream);
dout.writeUTF(dataObject.getClass().toString());
dout.writeUTF(recordid);
System.out.println("Recordid: " + recordid + "|" + dout.hashCode());
dout.flush();
System.out.println("Recordid: " + recordid + "|" + dout.hashCode());
ByteArrayOutputStream objectStream = dataObject.toByteArrayOutputStream();
dout.write(objectStream.toByteArray());
dout.close();
objectStream.close();
return objectStream.toByteArray();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
try the following to place the recordid first.
ByteArrayOutputStream objectStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
DataOutputStream dout = new DataOutputStream(objectStream);
dout.writeUTF(recordid);
dout.write(dataObject.toByteArrayOutputStream().toByteArray());